I use every vacation day given to me because if you don’t, you are essentially working for free on the days you don’t use. When we go on vacation, I leave my laptop at home and only check my phone late in the day but more importantly, I use my other vacation days one day at a time to go on field trips, attend kids school sporting events, etc. Using them one day at a time allows for work not to pile up but gets me a break away from work and let’s us be with our kids on days that matter to them the most.
That’s a great point about working for free on days that could have otherwise been vacation days, Jon. And I like the idea of spreading your vacation days out so that work doesn’t pile up. I will say, though, that the one time in my life that I took two weeks off was amazing. Paid a bit of a price for it when I got back to the office, but it was worth it.
I use every vacation day given to me because if you don’t, you are essentially working for free on the days you don’t use. When we go on vacation, I leave my laptop at home and only check my phone late in the day but more importantly, I use my other vacation days one day at a time to go on field trips, attend kids school sporting events, etc. Using them one day at a time allows for work not to pile up but gets me a break away from work and let’s us be with our kids on days that matter to them the most.
That’s a great point about working for free on days that could have otherwise been vacation days, Jon. And I like the idea of spreading your vacation days out so that work doesn’t pile up. I will say, though, that the one time in my life that I took two weeks off was amazing. Paid a bit of a price for it when I got back to the office, but it was worth it.