When you get a day off, how do you prefer to spend it?

Our reader poll today asks: When you get a day off, how do you prefer to spend it?

• Catching up on personal projects and errands – 54%
• Resting and not doing much of anything – 30%
• Attending events with friends and family – 12%
• Doing volunteer work – 1%
• Something else – 4%

Taking care of (your own) business. The majority of you spend your time off working on personal projects and errands. It’s easy for those things to pile up and a day off is a natural way to get caught up. That said, be sure you occasionally take time for yourself to get some rest. Down time and recovery are critical elements of long-term resilience. If you never give yourself a break – even if it’s to work on “personal” things – you’ll find it harder and harder to recover from stressful times. Give yourself permission to rest and do nothing. You’re actually doing something – you’re recharging your batteries, giving your brain and body a rest, and allowing yourself to recuperate from other stressors that fill your life.

– Mike Figliuolo at thoughtLEADERS, LLC

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These results were originally a SmartPulse poll in SmartBrief on Leadership which tracks feedback from more than 240,000 business leaders. Get smarter on leadership and sign up for the SmartBrief on Leadership e-newsletter.