To Escape the Grind, Young People Turn to 'Mini-Retirements'

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My summary: Americans have to stay home with their parents to save up for a long vacation from work, but they don’t have a job lined up and have student loans. Meanwhile, Europeans get to enjoy actual long vacations without any hassle.

The people who returned to work after their vacations valued their time off. They actually enjoyed their time away from work. One of them even became a freelancer. Most didn’t care what job they went back to.

I love that picture of the retirees sleeping in a gondola in the canals. It’s better to vacation before you can’t enjoy it anymore or are unable to. Some family members even work out deals with their employers to resign and come back after long vacations. Others get approved for unpaid time off, so they keep their job and take real vacations off.

On the other side of things some friends spend all their time traveling, paying rent, unable to save anything, and are very happy until they need to move again.