We all need one sometime: a nice relaxing weekend at the park, spring break for the college kids, and so on. We need a break from all the daily stress we experience from work, school, home or our own communities. Letting your stress mount over time won't make you any more productive. In fact, it may even lessen your brain power because your brain keeps firing neurons all the time. One moment you're quite energetic and creative, and later on you can't even start a simple blog post.
Vacations give our heads a time to cool. This is also a way to gather inspiration. Have nothing to write on that next paper? Why not go on a road trip with your buddies and absorb some culture. Tired of repetitively punching in data in your spreadsheets? A simple walk outside the corporate office is enough. Try looking at the various flags waving around; Even our own red, white and blue American flag. Vacations need not be big events planned for weeks on end. In fact, that little coffee break you're probably having right now as you're reading this would count as a little vacation in itself. We don't need to plan a long trip to
We all deserve a rest. We are not wired to be machines that are 100% productive 100% of the time. We all have our downtimes. And if we don't cater to ourselves, we would end up blocking our own creative paths. Don't wait for your brain to raise a black racing flag to send you to the mental pitstop.
