
Work can wait. Your mental health can't. How to make the most of a break
CNN
While taking time off of work isn't an option for everyone, prioritizing our wellbeing over personal productivity is a worthwhile endeavor. If we don't take care of ourselves, we can't take care of other things — including our jobs.
Making the choice to step back for your mental wellbeing when you happen to be the youngest member of Britain's Parliament? That's an especially bold and brave decision. In late May, 24-year-old Nadia Whittome shared that she had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. She announced that she was taking several weeks off as advised by her doctor.
Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani bitterly clashed over age and experience Thursday in the final debate before New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, as Cuomo warned that electing the progressive state assemblyman is unprepared for the job and Mamdani hammered the former governor over scandals during his time in Albany.

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