As a workaholic, I find it difficult to unplug on the weekends but am trying my best. I got a reminder from my boss to take my personal days (we get 8 a year) by the end of the year or I will lose them. Same with vacation. So I had 3 left and was thinking, can I afford to see them go? No! So today, on the eve of a personal day, I was exhausted after reviewing several hundred reports, batch jobs and creating a visio diagram of the results that, hopefully someone will now understand when I say "a database does not live in the void without data." I looked at my calendar and boy, the personal day never looked so good.

It is important to "leave", if only for a little while. Stuff will go on with or without you and if they fail, you will be even more valued when you get back and fix it. Plus your family and pets will thank you for it too.