Do you ever envision what your last day at a job will look like? Many of us have, particularly when we are miserable and want to leave. We fantasize about that wondrous day when we will parade into work with a confident smile and a skip in our step knowing we will not be back the following day. We are giving people high fives as we pass them in the hall and happy music begins

Today is my birthday and I took the day off. I didn’t always do this. There was a time when the demands of life, usually my job, took priority over my own birthday. I had important things to do, so I told myself, even though throughout the day I would imagine places I would rather be. But, year after year, there I was….at work. I wasn’t the only one. Others would come to work on