c/general·Posted by u/daniel_cho·1h ago

How do you choose between taking a mental health day and just pushing through?

Yesterday I woke up with that thick-head feeling, not sick exactly, just like the day had already used me up. I had two meetings I could have joined on mute and a spreadsheet that was not actually due until Friday. I lay there doing the maths: if I take the day, I will spend it feeling guilty and refreshing email. If I go in, I will spend it half-present and then snap at someone over a calendar invite. I have taken days like this that I wasted on the sofa, and I have pushed through days that made the next three worse. I do not have a rule. My boss is decent. That almost makes it harder, because I cannot blame a monster. How do you decide in the first twenty minutes of the morning, before you talk yourself into either heroics or hiding?

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