| The stress of work and the responsibilities at home | | | | even lifestyle issues bear down on you over time. |
| take their toll on all of us after a while. Weekends | | | | Vacations allow you to reset your stress tolerance |
| provide us with temporary relief, but the routines | | | | levels and continue dealing with the things that life |
| we've built for ourselves create stress in our lives | | | | throws at you. |
| that needs to be dissipated. Everyone needs that | | | | It doesn't have to cost a lot of money or be an |
| break we call a vacation because it is not about | | | | exotic location, but you need that time where you |
| neglecting your responsibilities- it is about maintaining | | | | can enjoy a reduced level of responsibility and |
| your sanity and well being. | | | | rediscover the joys of life and family. Don't make the |
| Remember how as kids we couldn't wait for summer | | | | mistake of overplanning a vacation- you are trying to |
| vacation? It was a time to break the monotony of | | | | to relax, not create another stress filled moment in |
| learning at school and recharge our batteries. In | | | | your life. Reduce your stress and you will enjoy life |
| college, spring break was the relief plug that kept us | | | | more, be healthier, live longer and have memories |
| from burning out due to the long hours of studying | | | | that you will cherish the rest of your life. No one |
| and term paper writing. Now that you are grown up, | | | | ever looked back on their life and thought," I wish I |
| the demands on you have not only changed, they | | | | would have worked more". |
| have increased. Jobs, family, mortgage, health and | | | | |