For the first time in a long time, I took a day off from work — not because I had an appointment or a meeting, but because I needed to sleep. You can tell when your body is running low on fuel, and the logical thing to do is to fuel up. Unfortunately, we often times neglect ourselves — thinking that no one else can do our jobs or won’t do it the way that we will. I’m fortunate in the sense that no one wants my job. They actually tell me that regularly. Another plus for me is that the other leaders at my workplace could do my job just as well as I (if not better).

I really don’t like to miss work, mainly because I enjoy what I do, but when I notice myself getting a little snippier than usual or more easily frustrated, I know it’s…