I learned the trick of booking an extra full day off post-returning from holiday when I lived in the UK. Because I lived in the UK, I also had an abundance of holiday days (28 a year not counting bank holidays) because the culture is so different to North America, so it wasn't difficult to take that extra day and to take at least two, if not three, breaks a year.
We really should do better here in the US. I know so many folks who don't take time off because of work pressure, but we all know how important it is to rest and take time for ourselves.
It's so sad we have to sell our labour to earn that time, and how many people don't have any holiday built into their work life — like working retail where taking time off means going without pay so it's a matter of earning enough to pay for the holiday AND to cover the cost of bills and rent and whatnot. This is what makes that rest a genuine form of resistance.
Capitalism truly is the worst!
I learned the trick of booking an extra full day off post-returning from holiday when I lived in the UK. Because I lived in the UK, I also had an abundance of holiday days (28 a year not counting bank holidays) because the culture is so different to North America, so it wasn't difficult to take that extra day and to take at least two, if not three, breaks a year.
We really should do better here in the US. I know so many folks who don't take time off because of work pressure, but we all know how important it is to rest and take time for ourselves.
It's so sad we have to sell our labour to earn that time, and how many people don't have any holiday built into their work life — like working retail where taking time off means going without pay so it's a matter of earning enough to pay for the holiday AND to cover the cost of bills and rent and whatnot. This is what makes that rest a genuine form of resistance.