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"Your coworkers are your friends. It’s so much closer to a life style than a job that taking a vacation from your startup doesn’t have the same connotation."
by minimax 14y ago
"Your coworkers are your friends. It’s so much closer to a life style than a job that taking a vacation from your startup doesn’t have the same connotation."
This guy does not get what vacations are about. I know what it feels like to work hard with people you like at a job you enjoy, but I also know what it's like to kill two weeks lounging around southern Europe and swimming in the Mediterranean Sea every day. Both things are good but they are not the same thing. If you think satisfying work is a substitute for a good vacation you are doing it wrong.
- jaf12duke 14y agoHmmm...maybe the fault is in my writing. I think vacations are incredibly important. And I've now learned to take them (just spent 8 days in the BVIs...it was awesome). And I want everyone in our company to take more of them. I thought that was clear in the post.
- Dewie 14y agoMy mother once said to me that vacations aren't as much about relaxation as they are about doing different things than what you usually do. I've come to believe the same thing, and in that regard going to a different country is definitely an effective way to take a vacation from your normal life.
- randomdata 14y agoWhile I like that definition, it perhaps makes it difficult to draw a distinction between work and vacation. For instance, I spend a few weeks each year tending to my farm. Its an enjoyable break from routine, but it is still technically work. That is vacation to me, but to an outsider it looks like I don't take vacations.