Most Indians who are given paid vacation by their companies don’t take all of it. And the hectic work pressure is to be blamed for that.
However, the workplace benefits of employees taking vacation time include: higher productivity, stronger workplace morale, greater employee retention, and significant health benefits.
So what exactly are those health benefits?
Reduces Stress
Vacation helps shrink stress and anxiety while boosting the mental and physical health of the entire family.
Helps Your Heart Stay Healthy
Taking an annual vacation has also been linked to a decrease in heart disease. Studies have shown that men who take frequent annual vacations were 32 percent less likely to die from heart disease than their counterparts who went for vacations.
Similar results were found in the cases of women as well, who did not take vacations. Women who took vacation once every six years or less were almost eight times more likely to develop coronary heart disease or have a heart attack than women who took at least two vacations per year.
Emotional wellness travel on the rise in India
Improves Your Mental Health
Another survey found that “Leisure, including vacations, contributed to more positive emotions and fewer negative feelings and depression.
Another study looked at the effects of long (more than two weeks) vacations and found that people felt less tense and healthier while on vacation, with higher energy levels and more life satisfaction.
Improves Your Relationships
Women who take vacations at least twice per year are “less likely to become tense, depressed, or tired, and are more satisfied with their marriages,” and that the “odds of marital satisfaction decreased as the frequency of vacations decreased.”
Families who vacation together undergo shared experience, communication and togetherness, escape and relaxation and experiential learning, all which contribute positively to well-being and to relationships.
And I can attest to many of these benefits, as my husband and I just returned from a two-week vacation, where we intentionally did almost no work, and we are feeling more connected, refreshed and content.
Source: huffingtonpost
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