True Confession..SB style: Have you called in to scrapbook?

No, but that sounds like a good idea (even if I would never do it because I'm such a rule follower!) I have a little bit left in my WITL album and want to work on DS14's trip to St. Louis & DS17's trip to Europe before I think about our family trip to Colorado at the end of July (I don't like putting off trip albums).

I could stand for my boss to take another day off because I can bring in my WITL album to work on the Journaling easily enough--that's as daring as I would get!

One year I called in on NSD to scrapbook. There were some other factors involved, but they are mostly excuses lol. No regrets, but not something I would do on the regular.

No I've never called in sick to scrapbook - but I have been tempted! During the pandemic I took a vacation week off and cleaned my scrap room and scrapped for a couple of days. That was very enjoyable!

I've never called in for a sick/mental heath day for crafting. I have been tempted though. I have used vacation days for weekend crops and such. I will say in the future if I get close to my work anniversary date and still have sick time left I may just call in to craft. We get 32 hours per year and they are use them or lose them. Since working from home I haven't used a full sick day. I've only used a couple of hours for appointments. This may be the year that I finally call in to craft.

Several years ago, we moved cross-country, and I eventually found an admin/receptionist job. The thing was that the building was in the middle of nowhere, mostly vacant and right off the interstate, and my boss really just wanted a warm body at the desk for appearance's sake. The first floor had individual offices rented out by various companies but only 2 of those companies ever came into the office & they didn't come in every day. I asked my boss a dozen times the first month I was there what I should be doing to occupy my time, and he just... didn't have an answer or any work for me. 

I got paid $15/hour to sit at that desk and scrap (since I'm digital, I use Photoshop) 8 hours a day. Sure, I answered the phone when it rang (maybe once a week?) and walked across the parking lot to get the mail every day but that was about it! There was literally nothing for me to do. 

I must have created at least 50 layouts the three months I was there. 

I haven’t called in with the purpose to scrapbook. I have scrapbooked when I have called out sick, though. Sometimes I can sit and scrapbook when I feel awful and sometimes I can’t.

I have. There have been some pretty stressful things over the last couple of years (on top of the pandemic) and I've had several periods where I've struggled. I usually planned annual leave, but there have been one or two days where I've woken up and realised I just couldn't face going to work so called out sick and spent the day scrapping and just binge watching scrappy videos. It definitely worked for me, by the next day I was able to go back to work and do my job properly again.

I did take mental health days occasionally and I am sure I did some scrapbooking. I see nothing wrong with it. I feel it falls under self-care.

I definitely left early to get in line for the OA warehouse sale, back in the day.

My third year of teaching I was finishing my master's degree and had several papers to finish prior to graduation. My boss somehow found out what I needed the day for and came to talk to me. He said there was no place I needed to be more than in my classroom with my kids. Ugh. I know where he was coming from (he put a lot of pressure on me to be a great teacher), but really had no business telling me what I could or couldn't use a personal day for. That one interaction stayed with me my whole career. When retired, I had about 150 sick days to cash in, and that was with using two maternity leaves.

I never used another day for sick or personal leave unless it was absolutely necessary. To be fair, it took me two hours to prepare for a day away from the classroom, so it was a huge hassle anyway.

So no, I never called in sick, but as a teacher, I had a lot of time off that others don't get.

That is awful! He had no business telling you that. I'm assuming you don't have a union? That would not fly in my district. Personal days are personal.

I have no problem taking a personal day or a sick day. We accumulate sick days pretty fast so even with having covid twice this year I still have 130 accumulated over 28 years. I have 6 personal days (rolled over) but I only take 2 a year- one for my birthday, one for a scrapbook retreat.

I am bipolar and while it took me awhile, I learned to accept that I didn't need to feel guilty for taking a sick day. I know my triggers and when I feel "off" I take the day. It is better I take one day off than be screwed up for weeks.

I worked with a teacher a few years younger than I who saved every one of his sick days- he never took a day off. He came to work sick. We get paid when we retire for up to 250 sick days if we have them left. So he celebrated when he had his 250 days saved. Six months later he died. I think he was 48. 

And that right there taught me to take the darn sick days.

Oh, yes, we had a union.  I wasn't a member and was still untenured at the time.  

He really didn't have any business telling me that, but he wore his heart on his sleeve and he was the most involved principal I ever had.  Thankfully after my first few years of teaching I rarely got sick(maybe used 7 sick days in my 28 year career other than baby dr. visits).  We got 8-9 days a year for sick and personal leave at the time.  

While I took what he said more personally than I should have at the time, I also had a father who had a very strong work ethic and the only days he missed from work was when he broke his back falling off a ladder.  

I worked with several teachers who took every sick/personal they earned.  I worked with newer teachers who knew they were leaving the district so they used all 20+ days they had accumulated in the last two months.  People do such different things with their time.  

I took some of the money I got from my sick days to take my kid to Universal for 5 days.  We had an upgraded flight both ways, an awesome room on the property, had all upgraded tickets and meals.  When we got home, my son told me it was one of the best trips he'd ever been on and that kid has traveled.  For me, it was worth it to save those sick days for an amazing trip with my son.  

I have just been really lucky with my health (both mental and physical).  Had I really needed those days for sick or personal beyond the things I took them for, I'd like to think I would have. 

No I've never done that, nor would I. Like huskermom98 , I'm too much of a rule follower to take a sickie!    But I see nothing wrong with taking a "mental health day" every now and then, if you need it.

I have so much leave owing to me. My boss made me take 3 days off in June because I had so much annual leave, and you bet your bum I used it to scrapbook!! 

I just checked my leave balance on my work computer, and I have the following paid leave owing to me:
37 days annual leave
187 days personal/sick leave
145 days long service leave (we get three months LSL every 10 years, and I've been here for 23 years and haven't taken any)

A long time ago, when QVC or something was having their first crafty day with scrappy and stamping stuff, I called in. That was the only time I ever did it. I didn’t even craft. I just watched and ordered a few things.