The philosopher and political economist John Stuart Mill once wrote about why he didn’t take holidays. “No holidays allowed,” he explained, “lest the habit of work should be broken, and a taste for idleness acquired.”
It is certainly true that when people take holidays and then return to work, they tend to feel “instant stress”. All the R&R they got from the laid-back lifestyle of lounging by the pool can disappear within hours of returning to the office.
