I haven’t had a legit 1-2 week vaca in 3 years and now with Delta it looks it’ll be another year or two before it happens. ✈️ If I don’t feel safe leaving the country, I might as well keep on working. 👩🏻‍💻

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It’s amazing how much the US has to offer!!

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If you want to travel somewhere that doesn’t feel like the US at all, try Miami

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Or Texas.

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☹️take a in country vacation.

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You don’t need to leave the country. When you go on vacation, what do you like to do? Learn things, see nature, experience foreign cultures? You can probably find all of that here in the US :)

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Also to me vacation means time away from work so I would take that vacay and watch Netflix and chill at home, unless you can cash out the vacation time which is not happening.

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No one will remember you for the hours you worked. Make time for you.

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You don’t need to leave the US to take holidays. You can even have a great time some of the nice areas in your own state. But you need to rest

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Zion National Park is gorgeous.

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