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Vacation isn't for the weak; it's just for those who don't like their jobs very much. If you love what you do, there's not enough time in the world for you to d

by pstack 13y ago

Vacation isn't for the weak; it's just for those who don't like their jobs very much. If you love what you do, there's not enough time in the world for you to do it as much as you want. If you're just working for a pay-check, then the business day can't end fast enough for you and you're constantly watching the clock. I'm getting ever closer to forty and I've never taken a vacation and it has been at least a couple of years since I've even had a day off due to illness (and, then, only because I was so ill that I physically could not crawl out of bed). My boss has been prompting me for dates when I want to use my vacation for the last several years, because I've always been maxed-out, and I've been coming up with excuses and delays to not have to take the time away. A lot of that has to do with work-ethic. I strongly adhere to the belief that a man's work is his legacy. It is his definition. More of it has to do with how much I enjoy my work. If my work were more of a chore than a joy, I would probably want to take vacations and would surely not hesitate to take a day or three off when sick. It's the same way that some people talk about how they can't wait for their in-laws to go away when they're in-town and you never hear a word from other people. In-laws are only a problem if you don't like them or can't stand them. That isn't the case with everyone. Just like vacations and work.

mattlutze 13y ago
^ This is why companies have to let a person cash vacation hours out. For some people, their life is defined by this singular facet of existence, which, if that is how they want to live their lives (and it doesn't come at the cost of their mental/physical health and therefore reduce productivity), god bless. But, I hope you're not also suggesting that everyone else adhere to that standard. Because many of us appreciate time with friends, family and the like as much as time working. For those people, who very well may love their jobs as well, vacations are the necessary balancing point allowing the other parts of their lives to share some of the daylight hours.
- pstack 13y ago
  Certainly not. The point isn't that vacations are terrible and people who take them are somehow lesser. It's that if you love what you do, then you can't wait to do more of what you do. Vacation is another thing you can be doing but is not this beacon on a hill that you escape to after a year of servitude. If you don't really enjoy what you do, then you would probably spend most days watching the clock, so you can go home. Watching the calendar, so you can have one or two weeks to yourself. Of course, you may love what you do and can't wait to do more of it, but have external obligations and contexts that make you feel you need a vacation (from life more than work) and, therefore, take time off to go do that. But that isn't the context of most of these discussions. Most of these discussions are presented as some sort of meager escape from the toils of oppression. That's sad.

by pstack 13y ago

mattlutze 13y ago

^ This is why companies have to let a person cash vacation hours out. For some people, their life is defined by this singular facet of existence, which, if that is how they want to live their lives (and it doesn't come at the cost of their mental/physical health and therefore reduce productivity), god bless. But, I hope you're not also suggesting that everyone else adhere to that standard. Because many of us appreciate time with friends, family and the like as much as time working. For those people, who very well may love their jobs as well, vacations are the necessary balancing point allowing the other parts of their lives to share some of the daylight hours.

pstack 13y ago
Certainly not. The point isn't that vacations are terrible and people who take them are somehow lesser. It's that if you love what you do, then you can't wait to do more of what you do. Vacation is another thing you can be doing but is not this beacon on a hill that you escape to after a year of servitude. If you don't really enjoy what you do, then you would probably spend most days watching the clock, so you can go home. Watching the calendar, so you can have one or two weeks to yourself. Of course, you may love what you do and can't wait to do more of it, but have external obligations and contexts that make you feel you need a vacation (from life more than work) and, therefore, take time off to go do that. But that isn't the context of most of these discussions. Most of these discussions are presented as some sort of meager escape from the toils of oppression. That's sad.