Sick day, shimk day.

I have, to be honest more than one occasion, been refered to as an "over-achiever". While I prefer Dr. Hitch's term "driven", the point still stands, I often push myself very hard. Most of the time, the outcome is very good. I get difficult jobs completed on time, my grades are high, and I don't tend to take no for an answer. Everyonce in a while though, it blows up in my face. Today was one of those days. Between hard deadlines at work and school, and a series of family health scares (two out of three of them ended with much better diagnosises than we thought, the third is scary, but temporary), I have brought myself down and became ill. Being the person I am, I hardly let that stop me.

I felt that going to work was a bad idea, but instead of laying in bed and watching movies, I laid in bed and edited Cal Humanities: Stories of Change videos. In preperation of facing some time sitting in hospital waiting rooms, and delivery rooms (my best friend is having a sweet baby boy!) I began to orginize my stuff so I can work on the go. I am so glad I did, because it gave me the option of resting today, so that I can hopefully recover quickly, and get back to making things happen.

The biggest take away from today is I need to remember to take better care of myself. Also, being prepped to work on the go does have it's benefits. And even a sick day, can be a productive day.