Stress Free Vacation
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- July
- 6
Everyone else is on vacation this week—I’m jealous. If you’re like me, you count your vacation days like they’re gold. After all, we moms need to save them for taking the kids to the ortho, dentist, doctor, field trip, or whatever else crops up (god forbid, they really get sick!). I don’t think I’ve used a sick day yet for ME!
It’s days like these I want to move to Europe. (Can you tell I’m hot and cranky today?)Â Europeans average between 24 and 36 vacation days a year, according to the 2007 Vacation Deprivation Study published by Expedia. The study also shows that more than one-third of Americans do not use all their alloted vacation time. They should, though, says Jon Allen, PhD, a senior staff pscyhologist with the Topeka-based Menninger Clinic. And he should know: He regularly treats patients with depression caused by stress. “Taking a vacation helps rest your mind and body so that you have a better perspective when you come back,” he says.
Whadda ya say?…..let’s all call it a day and meet at the beach. I already ran to Stop and Shop once today—what’s another trip….
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on Friday, July 6th, 2007 at 2:26 pm by Jeanne Muchnick.
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I went to the beach with my kids last weekend and left them there with grandma – then I came home to go to work! I have to go back to the beach this weekend (what a chore!) to pick them back up. Now I’m jealous of my kids – what’s the world coming to?
Do any of you have friends who are teachers? Now that’s a lifestyle I could get used to. Except maybe for the 180 days a year when they’re in a room with 20+ kids all day…