How Donations Help Our Work Take Back Your Time is the only organization committed to raising awareness and creating a national dialogue to help businesses, media and workers understand why more time off and longer vacations can improve health, well-being, satisfaction, productivity and creativity - a situation that benefits both businesses and workers. To that end, we act as a clearinghouse for best practice ideas, corporate testimonies, research and other information supporting the value of time off. For more than a decade, we have been the "go to" organization for the media in addressing these issues. We also work to establish policy change to help achieve a shift to a less harried, more time-affluent life. Primarily focused on the United States and Canada, we have developed some broad policy ideas â€” all taken for granted in many other countries â€” that speak to the dire need for time poverty relief. Not intended as political bills, these policy recommendations are instead meant to encourage legislators to take these ideas and design specific legislation around them to win more free time for Americans. Our goal is to bring the United States up to the standards already in place in all other industrial countries, thereby creating more jobs and improving our health, relationships, community life and environment. Our continuation depends on your support and your financial contributions. Our overhead is small, so more of your donations go directly to addressing time poverty and the value of time off. About Us Mission Goals Board of Directors Supporters How Donations Help Contact Us Why Vacations Matter 10 Reasons to Vacation Articles by John de Graaf Articles by Dr. Leigh Vinocur Nielsen Research Findings Press & Events In The News Press Releases Take Back Your Time Day Vacation Commitment Day Vacation Commitment Summit Time Matters: National Conference TIME MATTERS TENTATIVE SCHEDULE Become A Sponsor Schedule at a Glance Resources Articles & Research Speakers Books Vacation Commitment Toolkit Vacation Commitment Pledge Follow us: Privacy Policy | Terms of Use ©Copyright 2015 Take Back Your Time. All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable state, federal and international laws.