How do I 'justify' taking unpaid vacation? For me the question is entirely reversed. I have to justify to myself giving up my time for a client or employer. Th

How do I 'justify' taking unpaid vacation? For me the question is entirely reversed. I have to justify to myself giving up my time for a client or employer. The natural state is for me to fart around, I wasn't put on this planet to commute to a cube. I do it because it allows me to achieve my goals - things like having fun experiences, donating to charity, helping out family and friends, being a useful human. If I did it 24/7 then those goals would fade into irrelevance because I'd have no time to pursue any of them. I had wrote a longer post, but I've edited it, because I think really this is the key take-away. Do you work to live, or live to work?