A good friend of mine told once that the minimum vacation had to be at least 10 days. That's three days of mentally finishing the work you left undone. Then 5-6 days of actually enjoying doing something else. The last days of the vacation is spent mentally preparing for going back to work.
I guess that is why I took every day of my vacation hunting since 1990. With the gov't holidays added in it gave me 30-35 days to escape the world.
Most of that for me to plan for goose hunting in december. Truely a civic endeaver to save the world from drowning in goose poop.
I get my annual leave and government holidays. Adds up to about 30 days per year in my current leave category. I used to take every day of that hunting but that didn’t go over well with my wife so now the deal is that I get to use half of that hunting and half on family vacations.
To the original question. I need a minimum of a week and preferably 2 weeks to actually relax. Basically it really doesn’t matter where I go so long as there is NO CELL PHONE coverage. I tend to get tied into work too much and am basically on call 24/7 and if I have cell service I find myself constantly attending to work calls and text’s because apparently government employees (at least in my agency) don’t stop working and will call and text at all hours of the day.
I completely agree with this. Every weekend we are doing something or some type of adventure. It is also why so many people are moving here....Everyday is a vacation if you live in the right place and can retire while you are still able to move