Each Month Has a 100-Point Leave Slip, So Don't Feel It's Such a Waste Not to Use It

Only the first leave slip cost 100 points; every one after that cost ten times more...

That was only enough to afford a single day off.

Not using it felt like such a waste. Looking at the two thousand words I had just typed, I thought it over and decided I'd update ten thousand words tomorrow instead.

I'd use up the one leave slip for January first, so weeds wouldn't grow in my heart.

This was called putting oneself to death before finding a way to live.