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Take Your Vacation or Die?

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Beautiful Yoesemite in California, a popular vacation spot

Apparently so.

“I guess you want to have a heart attack?”

That is the question you should ask yourself every time you put off taking a vacation.

Here’s the deal. Studies have shown that not taking vacations is linked to health problems. And if people skip vacations, there’s a chance that they may die younger than those who don’t.

I think employers should be required to post warning labels in the workplace similar to those on cigarettes packs. I’d love to see a big sign in the break room that reads: “WARNING: Working too many weeks without a vacation is going to kill you. Seriously, you are going to die from it.”

We are all well aware that stress is harmful to our health. It causes problems ranging from ulcers to body aches to insomnia. Vacations are one of the major antidotes to stress.

I am just back from a few weeks off.

Watch this video from CNN health and then schedule that next vacation:

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