'Work to Live' Author Explains Benefits of Taking Vacations

It’s that time of year — you know it too well. Vacation days are accumulating in the time bank and it’s summer so you might as well take them yet it’s hard to tear yourself away from the office.

According to Joe Robinson, founder of the Work to Live campaign and author of Work to Live, taking vacation is incredibly important.

He told The New York Post, “Vacations are as important as watching our cholesterol and getting exercise.”

Need proof? He pointed out in the piece that taking vacations decrease heart attack risk in men by 30 percent; women who take more than one vacation each year decrease that same risk by 50 percent.

Plus, Robinson indicated vacations increase productivity.

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