A few months later, the same thing happened. He was supposed to go bicycling in California with his family. Again, the demands of work made him feel he had to cancel. In my mind, Doofus of the Year award. It's essential to staying healthy.
Regular vacations are preventive medicine.
Still, lots of foolish folks cheat themselves out of vacation. According to a recent survey reported by Oxford Health Plans, one of every six U.S. employees is too overworked to use up his or her vacation time. So the moral of the story is take your vacation. Every minute, every day. You earned it, you deserve it, and the world of work will get along without you.