i always become what i judge.

last week our office manager was on vacation but she still came into work for a few hours one day because there was THAT much to do (at our growing non-profit) and not enough people around to do it (people often call in sick or kids are sick or some kind of personal crisis, which is common among most of our staff who are from north philly).

in my mind i thought she was crazy and needed to let go of work. it's her entitled vacation time, after all!

yesterday i was working late because of a bad judgment call. and then ended up leaving all my paperwork undone. well worth leaving at that time, though, because a friend was visiting from out of town.

anyway, i ended up going to clinic today for a couple hours. and everyone pointed fingers at me, that i wasn't supposed to come in. so now i gotta retract my judging thoughts, as is what always happens.

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on vacation time - apparently workers in the united states are leading the world for number of unused vacation days. i definitely plan on using all of mine by the end of the year.

something to consider though:

-tom's of maine encourages their employees to use 10% of their vacation time volunteering for a cause and/or for others in need. that's great!

-elsevier/mosby allocates a few 'community service' days to their employees. it's like, paid time-off, but designated for helping people.