Mental Health Days - do you take them?
How often?
Do you plan them in advance?
Do you feel guilty?
I took one today, and I feel frikken fantastic.
Sadly, I grocery shopped and cleaned my house.
But I grocery shopped at 9am, when nobody was there.
And I cleaned my house knowing i was getting paid, and somehow, that mad it less of a chore.
pomegranate / 3105 posts
I don't take them often...I never plan them out and I always feel guilty! 
It's so bad.
I think I took one last year
clementine / 990 posts
I asked for flex days recently and got them. So I use those as my mental health days. I always feel guilty, even though I have permission. I also try mot to do too much housework or errands. But it's tough working FT and running a household!
papaya / 10343 posts
Not often I work at home so I can't really call in "sick." I would have to be REALLY sick to not be able to work and that feels like a big lie. And in terms of taking personal days, I don't have a set number of days I just take them "as needed" and approved by my boss. So I feel like I have to have a good excuse to take a day, and have never felt comfortable simply saying: "I need Thursday off" without providing an explanation of why.
pomelo / 5866 posts
@bakinbrownies: Welcome to the boards.
You can claim residency here for a day--it's a state holiday today.
I used to take them a lot. Like twice a year. With LO, she gets sick often so I get a lot more time out just for that reason.
Plus I don't take them anymore because I deliberately plan/commit less and sleep more on days when I start to feel like it's coming...
nectarine / 2280 posts
I take them whenever. I don't really plan and I never feel guilty. 
pomelo / 5257 posts
I took one once (i.e. called in sick when I wasn't) and then exactly a week later, to the day, I actually got sick and had to stay home. I'm afraid it was karma, haha.
pomelo / 5257 posts
Oh, ps: I work weekends and have Mondays and Tuesdays off. I totally hear you on going to the store when no one is there. On the occasions I do go on, say, a Sunday afternoon, I'm like, "who are all these people?!!"
hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
I never get sick and am somewhat of a workaholic, so I need to take them. I took one last month because we just moved and needed some a day to unpack some more. I'm busy at work right now so can't take one soon but when I start my first IVF cycle, I plan on taking a few days off.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
Hell yes I take them. I plan them in advance and do not feel guilty at all.
grapefruit / 4136 posts
Since J started daycare we've all shared colds all winter so I didn't have the PTO to take. He still goes to my moms 3 days/wk though and if I have the time I will schedule a day off if my mom needs to be out of town, even if daycare has space to take him. I figure we deserve those days 
grapefruit / 4649 posts
When I was working crazy hours I would plan one every three months or so- I had the benefit of being at two different jobs though so it wasn't as obnoxious as if I just kept calling in sick (I would alternate). I would plan then ahead of time and run errands or just play catch up for the first half of the day and then do something fun and get takeout the second half. It was a great way to recharge my batteries. I learned the hard way that if I didn't take them before they were needed that I would get burnt out.
olive / 63 posts
I have a job where I work from a home office 95% of the time, which is awesome, i can't complain. But I never take sick days, even when i'm sick, so i figured -eff it- No guilt at all over here. My sweet hubby even took me out for a 'mental-health-day-lunch' 
cantaloupe / 6669 posts
I reeeeally could have used one today... But I'm a SAHM right now & my boss never lets me have a day off!
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