Comments on: Do you take vacation if you’re WORKING (with chronic illness)? http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2007/12/23/do-you-take-vacation-if-youre-working-with-chronic-illness/ Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:23:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Julie http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2007/12/23/do-you-take-vacation-if-youre-working-with-chronic-illness/#comment-1533 Julie Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:24:15 +0000 http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2007/12/23/do-you-take-vacation-if-youre-working-with-chronic-illness/#comment-1533 For me, it isn't about proving something, it's purely about logistics. I do take vacations, but fewer than others in my office. The reason is simple: I get sick more. Therefore, I use up my sick days. When my sick days are gone and I'm too sick to work, then I have to use vacation days. I think some people also feel that they have to make up for all of the time that they don't work or that they work at less than peak efficiency. I believe the key is to apply that "I feel well so I can work attitude to everything." I've had a couple of weeks of feeling unusually well (yay!) so I've worked a bit more, and gone out with friends more, and spent time with family more, and spent time at home cleaning and cooking and relaxing more. And maybe it will last a while and maybe it won't, but at least when this good spell ends, I will have accomplished a lot and had some fun. It's easy to lose sight of that, but important not to (in my humble opinion). For me, it isn’t about proving something, it’s purely about logistics. I do take vacations, but fewer than others in my office. The reason is simple: I get sick more. Therefore, I use up my sick days. When my sick days are gone and I’m too sick to work, then I have to use vacation days.

I think some people also feel that they have to make up for all of the time that they don’t work or that they work at less than peak efficiency. I believe the key is to apply that “I feel well so I can work attitude to everything.” I’ve had a couple of weeks of feeling unusually well (yay!) so I’ve worked a bit more, and gone out with friends more, and spent time with family more, and spent time at home cleaning and cooking and relaxing more. And maybe it will last a while and maybe it won’t, but at least when this good spell ends, I will have accomplished a lot and had some fun. It’s easy to lose sight of that, but important not to (in my humble opinion).

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