Talking to yourself as you contemplate taking time off

When you’ve reached the conclusion that you’re going OOO

<insert friendly work perpetrator’s name here>:

Once the OOO auto-responder is set

and you remember

Congratulations on putting yourself first .

And you begin to feel like an entirely new person

You’re probably going receive some pings and work calls..

Breathe it out.

And when you come close to checking your work email, don’t.

Even though we both know you will.

So fix yourself an egg nog and let Home Alone bring on all the feels…

Ask yourself:

well, kinda (but not really!), but kinda….

The same thing happening all over again next year: