A few years ago, I had questions about my productivity. I was coming into work every day for months straight and without much of break like a vacation or a 3-day weekend. That period of time weighed heavily on me and I expressed that to my manager to which she responded, “What if you took one day a month and worked from home? Or, you just took at least one day off a month and gave yourself that 3-day weekend?”

Personal days are so crucial. It’s something that I think gets lost in my generation sometimes because we are programmed to work, work, and work so that we can get farther ahead, succeed faster, and earn more money than we’re supposed to for our age. It’s a kind of pressure that most people can’t live up to. It also isn’t very sustainable. Because some weekends just aren’t enough to wind down, I decided to gift myself with not only a long weekend, but a personal day (today) where I only focus on Yow Yow! and nothing else. Other non-Yow Yow personal days have been for fulling errands or getting all of my health needs in orders – appointments for all of my doctors.

You may have noticed that things have been quiet on here lately. The first time I mentioned this, it was because I was still figuring out the kinks in my new provider and because figuring it out took time and I didn’t want to put time into it, I put it off. I couldn’t bring myself to write for weeks and instead just threw myself into work to stay productive. Today, we’re going to change that. The whole point of upgrading the blog was so that I could better balance this along with work. There’s a lot on my mind and ideas that I need to move forward a little farther and having that time and space away from work is going to allow me to do that.