"๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฟ, ๐ฐ๐ต๐๐๐๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ!"
"When will you take some leaves?"
"Donโt you think you should take a break?"
"Will you really let your leaves lapse?"
"Don't check your emails or Teams when you're on leave! Koshish toh Karo!"
No, these questions and diktats did not come from my family.
Iโve never been one to take leave unless itโs for an event, vacation, or family commitmentโeven when my health was ๐ฅ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ช. The pandemic only reinforced this habit. But then came my latest boss. From mid-2024, he started encouraging everyone to take regular breaks to recharge. When I told him I usually let around 20 leaves lapse each year, he was genuinely intrigued.
From then on, during our catch-ups, he made it a point to nudge me about taking time off. He knew Iโd readily update him on my work plans, but it was my leave plan that interested him more.
Eventually, in Q4 of last year, I gave in. I started taking a day off about once a week - ๐ข๐ช๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช - and even more often in December. What I experienced was pretty cool:
1. ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐บ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐โweekday offs meant no long queues.
2. ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐-๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ I had been meaning to cancel for ages. Just parked myself at the insurerโs office for two hours until they gave in.
3. ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐. Got those done too. ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ช? ๐๐ฐ๐ช ๐ฏ๐ข๐ช, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฌ๐ต๐ข ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ.
4. ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ used in technical analysis of stocks. The Hanging Man and Hammer are my favorites.
5. ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ... ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ช๐บ๐ข and binge-watched Netflix shows instead.
Did plenty more on these ๐ข๐ช๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช leave days, and now I try to take them more often.
Try taking a leave - ๐ข๐ช๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช - if you haven't. ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐น leaves kabhi leke dekho. It could be worth it.
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