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My family has had various lurgies over the last few days. Stomach bugs, sore throats, colds but mostly feeling “non-specific urgh”. Or just “meh”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It might have been the ‘rona, but we all tested negative so it’s more likely that 18 months of not mixing with other humans means that, when we do, we pick up their germs and get ill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a weekend of broken sleep and with a headache and a sore throat, I needed some rest and I called in sick at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pressure to work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been based from home for a long time. Remote work is not a new thing for me that started with the pandemic (although exclusively working from home is). A side effect of that is that I rarely take time “off sick”. I might not be well enough to travel to an office and mix with others (potentially making them ill too), but I can generally drag myself to my laptop and push some emails around. And anyway, what about that meeting? Or, if I don’t do that work today, it will only add pressure later in the week. Normally, I’d dose myself up on paracetamol (or similar) and “man up”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Except, is that really a good mindset? If I’m not bringing my a-game<\/a> to work, then maybe I should rest up and come back when I am properly fixed. Take some time to recover, step away from the screen. Unfortunately, because I felt able to do something<\/em>, I felt like a fraud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I got back from the pharmacy and had woken up. Maybe I could<\/em> (should?) just check those emails?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whilst I’m very disciplined at keeping away from work on my weekends and holidays, it was a lot harder when I wasn’t feeling well, but I wasn’t completely ill and confined to bed either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is this just a sad indictment of modern life? Implied pressure to contribute at all times. Being a consultant and knowing that it’s an important month and every billable day counts. Or, as one person (who I’ll let remain anonymous) put it: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You definitely shouldn’t be feeling you have to work because years of conditioning of the UK workforce has led us to a place where unless a limb is hanging off you’re ‘fine’.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Get well soon<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In the end, it was these wise words that I decided to stick by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Commit one way or the other. It’s horrible when you half commit to work and half commit to putting your feet up and do neither very well. (Get some rest).”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

And, when I got back to work after some proper rest and recuperation, I could bring my a-game with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featured image: author’s own.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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