Sickos
It's the season for Christmas trees, egg nog and developing an addiction to NyQuil because you are so sick. Yes, winter is fun but it also the time of year when many people tend to get the common cold and even worse, the flu. But does that prevent them from going to work? Apparently not. According to a recent survey from Fast Company of more than 23,800 workers across North America and Europe, 75 percent say they would go to work when they were sick and just be miserable. Twenty percent of respondents said they always go to work when they’re ill, and 55 percent of respondents said they’d only take a sick day if their symptoms are severe (basically you have to look like a cast member of the Walking Dead at this point.) Only one-quarter of the respondents said they’d stay home and either work from home (10 percent) or take the day off (15 percent). Why the need to work when they are sick? The job security fear is definitely a part of it as well as just having too much work and not being able to catch up but there is also this worry that you will look weak to your boss and coworkers if you take a sick day.
Fly by the Seat of Your Pants
One of my favorite quotes (on Twitter) that I ever saw defined adulthood as basically hoping the other person will cancel plans before you do. We love our friends and we love to see them, but sometimes the high you get from canceling plans is even better than the plan itself. That is why a new study supports the notion that you should actually not make plans at all and just let things come about naturally as that will be a more enjoyable experience. Selin Malkoc, an assistant professor of marketing at Ohio State University, conducted research on this phenomenon. Malkoc and her team basically found that the more planned and penned out something was, the less enjoyment it brought you even for very enjoyable events like grabbing a drink with a friend. Basically don't invite the friend a week before to get a drink. Wait until that afternoon and see if they happen to be free. It may even feel better than canceling at the last minute to binge watch Westworld and eat Cheetos.
In the Red
'Tis the season for a lot of wine drinking. I usually opt for white over red wine because I'm a little clumsy and a red wine spill can quickly turn a lovely holiday party into the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan (plus vampire lips.) But a new study may convince me to rotate in a glass of red occasionally. According to an analysis of studies conducted by the American Association for Cancer Research, daily white wine drinkers have a 13 percent increased risk of developing melanoma (a type of skin cancer), compared to red wine-os. The study looked at 210,000 health professionals (75 percent were female) over an 18-year period. But don't panic if you've been drinking white wine while sitting in direct sunlight for years as the melanoma was found on areas of the body that weren’t exposed to sunlight (so that's sort of good?) Basically if you drink more in general you are at a higher risk so during this holiday rush take a night off.
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