Today I noticed something very important, I have enough sick leave to take a day off.
Ok, maybe not so important to you, but I work darn hard to accumulate enough sick leave to take a day off.
Now I have to make a decision. Since I am not actually in the traditional sense "sick", should I take the day off? Is taking a Mental Health Day a valid reason to take sick leave? I don't have anything I have to complete tomorrow, it can all wait. But how valid is the idea of taking a day of because you are absolutely sick of work?
If I do go, I will not bring germs with me, but I will probably bring a poor attitude. Especially since I will have to continue working on a project someone sent over and didn't do their part on. I would get work done though.
My poll is about me, but feel free to discuss the validity of taking mental health days by using sick leave in the comments.