Yesterday evening I had the privilege of appearing on the NBC Nightly News as their guest productivity expert in the discussion of vacation deprivation in Americans. The segment was based on a study by Expedia.com showing how the U.S. compared with other developed countries. We have fewer vacation days, yet we still do not use all of the days that ear earned each year. Our discussion focused on the many reasons why this occurred and why it is not healthy. Vacations help us:

I invited my consulting clients and some of my audience members in our time management training seminars to submit their reasons for not taking earned time if they personally had unused days last year. The responses varied and were often a means of venting for the writer. In coming blogs, I will focus on some of these letters and cause of vacation deprivation.If you have your own story to tell, please add a comment that we might include.