The article emphasizes the importance of utilizing all available vacation and PTO days to reduce stress and enhance mental health. It highlights a personal journey of realizing that taking only one week of vacation annually was insufficient for well-being. The author now takes regular mental health days and schedules annual medical appointments during their week off. They also discovered that taking a Friday instead of a Monday for time off eases the transition back to work, leading to better overall productivity and health management.
"Take ALL the vacation time or PTO you are entitled to. I spent years taking one week a year as vacation and wondering why I was always feeling so stressed."
"It's only been within the last seven years that I finally decided I needed to take regular mental health days, so I now try to have at least one day off every five to six weeks (which includes holidays)."
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