How do you guys take time off when you're always busy on projects and told now is not a good time?

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Enforce your boundaries. Your mental, physical well being is priority. For all companies we just are one of their head counts or like a pawn in chess. They will not think twice in letting you go when things go south / recession.
Loyalty is overrated

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I take time off in between projects

Buy tickets in advance. Makes it a lot harder to decide not to go, or for the company to ask you to cancel.

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