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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/18297gqpoi18 on 2026-05-13 11:38:49+00:00.

Every morning, I am tempted to write an email about calling in sick… then I go because I need to save a sick day for the worst day…

It is so hard. I wish I had a good friend or something or some reason to go other than money. I know money is a good motivator but I need more than that I guess.

Edit: ended up taking a sick day. Cant bring myself to work… I’ll probably take a personal day off this Friday as well. It’s debilitating. I’ve worked for over 15 years and I was doing fairly ok for the first 10 years and it’s been difficult for the past 5 years. So lost and energy less. I have saved enough. I just wonder if I should just quit and retire early… it’s just not knowing what to do after early retirement might push me further into depression. It’s scary.