This week, get my take on the following question: "Do you have any suggestions on how I might let my team know I am blocking off on my calendar for me? I am nervous that they will get annoyed and won't be supportive."

I say: If they aren't supportive, that might be a red flag.

If you need time to recharge, take it. If you have the type of job where you can complete things asynchronously and you are able to do your job adequately in other hours of the day, you should be able to block off some time during the day to recharge. I do not subscribe to the 9-5 workday without breaks because we are NOT robots :)