If you are planning a vacation (or even a “stay-cation”), keep this in mind….8 days. Yup! According to research, the perfect length of time for a break from work and the real world is 8 days.
- Any shorter and the “short-term” benefits of a vacation are equally short lived.
- Any longer and you could find yourself thinking about work which could equally lose the positive effects.
The study also found that those who don’t take vacations have a higher risk of heart attack. So if you say you “can’t take a vacation” because there’s too much work to do, it may be a benefit for you to do so over the long-term. Short term decisions, long term results.
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Source: Benefits from vacation short-lived, research suggests; CBC Radio, http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-september-2-2016-1.3745677/benefits-from-vacation-short-lived-research-suggests-1.3745686
