The Flu and Today's MRR Progress

[RobertInOntario]

I absolutely can relate. My employer encourages a schedule whereby employees work 9 hours per day in exchange for having a weekday off every other week. If I was an employer, i would adopt a similar schedule because having a weekday off allows employees an opportunity to take care of personal business during the week when certain places are open rather than using a personal or sick day or taking a long lunch. I often wind up using my extra day off for doctors appointments, taking care of auto repairs, visits to the DMV or government offices, and etcetera. The rest of the day becomes an excellent opportunity to relax and attend to hobbies, as weekends often become cluttered with family or other obligations. For some reason, I seem to accomplish more on that extra weekday off every other week.

The flu is another story. I haven't had the flu or even so much as a cold in many years. It's been so long that I can't remember how miserable it was. But I do remember being ill as a child, and I sometimes think being ill is a mother nature's way of letting us slow down and regroup for a few days. I recall many times feeling lousy and sleeping through an entire day, but the next two days were great for taking it easy, reading a book, and regaining strength. If you have some modeling you can take care of when you are quarantined in your house, that's even better. The number one thing the rest of us don't want you to do when you are contagious is to go out and public and spread it to the rest of us!

Glad to hear you are feeling better and your day wasn't a complete waste!

Thanks, Kevin. I agree with all of these things, especially that colds/flu's are mother nature's way of telling us to get some rest and slow down.

I also agree about the work/time balance, and how hard it is to fit all the doctor's appointments and car repairs in. I've been doing that this past week -- just spent almost $1700 on repairing my Honda!

Starting next year, I will end up having more free time. This summer, at work, we ran into a very dry economical spell. Rather than laying off full-time staff, they offered us 1 or 2 weeks more vacation time in exchange of a pay cut. I wasn't too keen on this at first but I now see that it should be a huge benefit. For example, if my wife is working in the week (she works part-time), I could take 1-3 days off to look after the kids, or get car repairs done, do jobs around the house, or just have extra personal time.

Starting next year, I will have 6 weeks of holidays! I feel like I'm living in the UK or Germany where 4 to 6 weeks holiday is common.

Cheers, Rob