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Sickdays? What are those?

Woke up this morning and felt like I wanted to pull to covers over my head and fall back asleep... for the entire day. Alas, as a freelancer, I don't get the benefit of sick days. I rolled myself out of bed and came to the point of acceptance that 'yes', I have to work today. I decided to limit my tasks for the day as to not overwelm my already exhausted self.

Much to my surprise, I was actually getting things accomplished. I was foccusing in on the tasks that just took time, rather than time and brainpower. By noon, I felt like the fog had lifted and I might have a chance to salvage the day. So I decided to start again, like hitting the reset button on the day. I made sure to start again from the beginning.

I rolled myself back into bed and closed my eyses, but just for a moment. This time I decided to spring out of bed, and turn the shower on nice and hot (to steam away whatever was left of the fog in my head). Once I was dressed (yes, previous to this point I was still in my PJ's... come on, I'm a freelancer, of course I work in my PJ's.) I went straight to the espresso machine in the kitchen and made myself a good strong drink. Then I sat down at my desk like it was 9am and I was starting all over again... to bad it was really 1pm.

Sure I can take a day off from time to time, call it a personal day, or me time... or simply just a day off. Today however, was not that day. I ended up being really productive through to the end of the day, even signed a new SEO contract. How is that for a sick day?

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