Taking some time off from work, just to do it

Once in a while you should take an afternoon off from work just to take an afternoon off from work.

If you are a hard worker, and you hardly ever miss an afternoon, every here and again you need to simply take an afternoon off to relax.

That’s my philosophy. I took last Sunday off, and it was glorious. I didn’t visit anywhere that was special, oh no; I stayed in. It had snowed the previous night. There was just shy of 18 inches of colorless snow on the ground. I figured this was the perfect time to call in. I gave my greatest impression of someone down with strep throat. After I got off the “sick” call, I cranked down the heating system and threw a few logs on the fire for fantastic measure. Then, I brewed some green tea, toasted a couple italian muffins, and sat down on my big, comfortable couch, wrapped up in heavy blankets. It was in the single digits outside, so I needed every bit of the heat from my furnace and also the fireplace. I let my mind drift for a moment, to the hardships that I might be going through had I not arranged for this afternoon to be one of rest and recuperation. I imagined how at that moment, I woul be trudging into the office wearing wet boots, cursing the insufficient heating on our floor, and dwelling on such thoughts, I felt no remorse at all for treating myself to a unbelievable afternoon. I didn’t do anything productive that Sunday, but that’s the whole point. I just basked in the warmth of my lucky home’s heating system and fireplace, read a couple chapters of my latest favorite book, and then promptly fell asleep!

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