You shouldn’t have to be sick to take a leave of absence. There should be leaves for entrepreneurial urges, there should be leaves for creative urges (a novel?), there should be leaves for raising children, for traveling the earth, for saving the earth, finding yourself, climbing a mountain and falling in love.

Take leave of your routine. You take one, I’ll take one, and while we’re at it, let’s rethink what justifies one.