Psychology Today | 29.07.2026 23:59
You've probably already tried the obvious approach. You've told that special person "you deserve this," pointed out how tired they look, maybe even booked something and hoped they'd relax once they arrived. But it didn't work, or it worked for about a day before they went berserk checking email and worrying about work FOMO while at the beach. If you love someone who treats a day off like getting a tooth pulled rather than a reward to be enjoyed, the problem isn't that they don't recognize the value of rest. It's that the argument doesn't touch what's actually driving their behavior. Here's what's happening and what you can do about it.
