Personal experience is the best trainer of all - especially once you get sick!
Most people rarely think of their health when it comes to their career. In retrospect, I think I've been sick all of January - starting with an outing to another country. Of course, as a traveller, I put down the symptoms to the "revenge" of whatever. But it stayed with me, got worse, lowered my resistance (which meant I picked up some serious stuff back home now) and of course, limited my time I could devote to my career.
Prevention would've helped - now that I'm back I just heard I should have gone to a Traveller's Med Clinic (there are some in every major city) or at least told my doctor (um, we don't have one right now due to moving) of the visit outside of Canada. Apparently, we could have taken pills to help our bodies adjust, and if there was enough time, we could have had injections to speed the process along and provide even greater protection.
Taking the time for prevention certainly makes sense now - now that I have actually missed at least two weeks solid (but not consecutively) out of January being so sick I couldn't even get out of bed. So, I am behind on contracts, semester work, and life in general. Not fun.
So, take care of your body. Not only will it thank you, you'll be able to keep on track with your career!
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Copyright January 27, 2008. Paym Bergson and Suite 101. All rights reserved. Any unauthorized use of this material will constitute an infringement of copyright.
