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Are You a Use It or Lose It?

Whether there are kids in your home or not, you’re probably thinking about doing something this summer. Because of the rhythm of years in childhood, most of us associate the summer months with vacation time. What are your vacation plans?

Don’t have any? You’re in good company – nearly a third of Americans don’t have travel plans either. Inflation is pricing some of them out of travel, some don’t have anyone to go with them and don’t want to go it alone, and some of them are the same people who lose it every year.

Do you use it or do you lose it? Vacation time, I mean. On average, Americans give back nearly 10 vacation days a year to their employers. I won’t ask a nosy question like how much do you make per year – I’ll just ask you to do the math. Take your daily rate, multiply it by the number of vacation days you didn’t use last year, and think about whether you’d just give that much money away. Because you did.

Time away from work is vital to mental wellbeing. I didn’t just make that up – science backs it up. Most of us have places we’d love to visit…someday. Make all the excuses you’d like, and then make plans for a fun change of scenery. If you need more convincing, let the world’s second-shortest podcast help you out:

My guess is there are things you want to do, and you let your sense of responsibility steer you to work instead of play. All work and no play is no way to go through life. Go ahead – dream a dream of a vacation, and then make your dreams come true.

Wags,
Sandy Weaver
Program Director, Center for Workplace Happiness

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