I’ve seen a lot of friends Facebooking and posting about holiday stress, so I thought we’d have a discussion about it today. Here are the questions: Do you get stressed out around the holidays, and why? (Seeing family? Leaving on vacation? Year-end office stress? Gifts?) How do you deal with the stress? (Mantras? Better personal … Read More about Dealing with Holiday Stress
2019 Update: We still stand by this discussion on how to plan a vacation like a boss (don’t miss the commenters’ advice!) — but you may also want to check out some of our more recent discussion about vacations and work, including how to take the stress out of vacation planning. It seems counter intuitive, … Read More about How to Plan a Vacation
With the Fourth of July right around the corner (and a nice four-day weekend for most US readers), I’m sure a lot of people have travel plans. For those of you who don’t, though, I thought we’d talk about staycations — what are your favorite things to do on staycations? For my $.02, I’ve enjoyed … Read More about How to Take Great Staycations
Update: We still stand by this advice on holidays, vacations, and office etiquette, but you may also want to check out our other posts on holiday business etiquette, or if you’re a working mom, check out our discussion over office etiquette, family vacations and coworker jealousy. I thought today might be an interesting open thread — how … Read More about Holidays, Vacations, and Office Etiquette
We took a poll to ask the readers: how much vacation time did YOU take in 2009?
We poll the readers: what’s your strategy for vacations? Do you take all your time?
