This morning I was on Sky News discussing National ‘call in sick day’.  A study has found that people are feeling a bit fed up with life lately and put it down to a combination of: post Christmas blues, burn out and summer seeming like its just too far away. 32 million people in the UK would have called in sick today because of these feelings.  If you’re feeling like you can’t face another day at work read the tips below to help you fight through the grey and spring into action asap.

  1. Address the issue of ‘why’ you don’t want to go into work.  If there is a problem at work – communicate to solve it, if you have no energy look at your diet and try and get some early nights so you feel better
  2. Think about the impact of your absence.  When you call in sick the work does not suddenly disappear, inevitably your team or your manager may have to pick things up on your behalf. Ask yourself if you think this is fair and if you really should ‘call in’
  3. Take responsibility for your feelings.  If you are feeling down think about what you can do to turn this around.  Blaming your employee or other people will not change the way you feel.  Ultimately, you create how you feel and if you become proactive about making yourself feel better, the likelihood of you being positive increases
  4. Do not wait for perfection, nothing is perfect.  If you hold out for things to be smooth sailing you will be  waiting forever.  Try to see the good in every situation and think, most importantly, what am I learning from this?
  5. Create motivating and uplifting goals for yourself.  Have a small daily goal and reward yourself for achieving this at the end of the day.  Start simple and work up to achieving something that is out of your comfort zone.  You will feel amazing for it