I feel guilty.\u00a0 I’m cheating.\u00a0 Instead of spending a\u00a0significant amount of time to pen a witty travel story, I’ve lifted\u00a0one from someone else.\u00a0 America’s\u00a0Protestant work-ethic has taught me that this is wrong.\u00a0 I shouldn’t be playing, I should be working.\u00a0 It makes me sick that I feel this way.<\/p>\n
Don’t get me wrong, I do value a strong work-ethic, but I’ve always\u00a0believed in working hard, but I bucked my father\u00a0 in also believing that it should be complemented with a dedicated play-ethic as well.\u00a0You see, after more than 55 years\u00a0of life, he’s finally discovering some hobbies outside the realm of work.\u00a0 Work brought him joy and there’s nothing wrong\u00a0with that, but I came wired a little different.\u00a0 I work to live, I don’t live to work.\u00a0 But that also makes me different than much of\u00a0America.<\/p>\n
This article\u00a0touches on the ocean of difference in the vacation habits and work vacation allowances between the United States and the rest of the world.\u00a0 While I don’t believe that federally-mandated\u00a0vacation time is the solution (in fact, I hardly believe in federally-mandated\u00a0anything), I do think that it’s time for America to cede economic hegemony to some other workhorse (China seems willing, for example) and for us to do more of what brings us true joy – act on our wanderlust.<\/p>\n
Why is America the ‘no-vacation nation’?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I feel guilty.\u00a0 I’m cheating.\u00a0 Instead of spending a\u00a0significant amount of time to pen a witty travel story, I’ve lifted\u00a0one from someone else.\u00a0 America’s\u00a0Protestant work-ethic has taught me that this is wrong.\u00a0 I shouldn’t be playing, I should be working.\u00a0 … Continue reading