Vacations are precious, regardless of who you are. But for working parents in particular, they hold a special weight. They use precious time from you PTO balance. Precious resources (i.e. money). And they're meant to create precious memories with our kids that we’ll always remember. That last one about the memories really got me into trouble a few summers ago. If I could sum up what went wrong in one word, it would be expectations.
Read MoreBut what if you could incorporate just a sliver of your vacation life into your everyday life? What if you could read for 5 or 10 minutes a night? Or spend an evening playing cards or puzzling? How would that change the way you felt about work and all your responsibilities? Maybe then, you wouldn't need a vacation like you need a lifeline. Maybe you wouldn't have to spend the week decompressing from the stress of your everyday life.
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