Stress is medically defined as a feeling of emotional or physical tension. It comes from frustration, anger, or a feeling of nervousness. Not a lot of people will describe themselves as in this category, but If you consider that a lot of us are working hard, working late, juggling deadlines, missing deadlines, and pushing off workload, then we can not be so free from stress. Work can blind us to stress, especially valuable work, even fulfilling work.

A vacation is a good eye-opener to this. Taking a break can show you just how hard you have been working. It gives you that break to remember important_ but not so pragmatic aspects of life that we sometimes forget we forget; like family, friendships, and hobbies.

A vacation can be a time to focus again. The benefits we get from getting our faces off digital screens for minutes, taking small walks between tasks are all amplified and concluded when we take that longer walk, longer screen off time, that is a vacation. This is not only emotionally beneficial, but also practically useful.

The mind is clearer and our thinking_ always sharper, after a reboot. It is simple, your mental capacities are refreshed after a proper vacation.

What’s the proper vacation? A proper vacation gives a complete shift in mental focus away from one class of activities; work to another; not work. All environmental cues including the physical environment and social spaces that inform the mind on work alertness are minimized. The point of traveling out of your work environment and putting out of work meetings and conversations is to achieve this. As we put in the eff ort to be better, more eff ective, more healthy, and more complete. A vacation can be a very useful experience. No one has ever been less productive by taking a break, but vacations have proven to be capable boosts for productivity and wellness to greatly more than a few people.