Why You Can’t Chill (Even When You Are Exhausted)

Psychology Today | 23.01.2026 23:22
According to the U.S. Travel Association (2020), more than half of Americans don’t use all their vacation days each year. Statistically, 23 percent of U.S. workers took zero vacation days last year, meaning, at least at last count, 768 million paid time-off days were wasted! To make matters worse, even when Americans do take their paid time off, multiple studies report that in many cases, individuals still work up to one hour per day when on vacation.