@LongLevy oh no
depending on what your work is, maybe you can negotiate certain time off in exchange for added responsibilities?
i do that to take december off when i can--but maybe you can do that to scratch your art itch when you feel it?
@LongLevy oof, one of those
i work for an extremely small company too, but everyone knows what i can do
maybe you can start drawing attention to your abilities somehow? maybe by explaining big things you overcome? maybe by detailing things to look out for, and why they matter without getting long-winded?
if you mange to make your value known, a lot of things become significantly easier to negotiate--and that might include breaks to do things you like!
@LongLevy in my case, i take off the month where business is the slowest
my pitch was that burnout is extremely bad, and this is a pretty good way to help avoid that
actually, helping others with burnout is a good strategy to raise awareness too--and it helps others!
the idea is that even though i'm out, if something bad happened, they can message me if i'm really needed, and until i'm back, there aren't new features and stuff
