The 11 compelling reasons not to take time off in the summer
In a march, they walk outside, with such a broad vacation grin on their faces; your colleagues are going on vacation. And you, you are stuck steaming away in the office, working like an extraterrestrial being through all the tasks and keep telling the umpteenth caller that colleague so-and-so is lounging comfortably on her behind. Ho, stop, don’t wither away, because working in the summer is the new going on vacation.
First of all: no traffic jams and sitting on the train
How. Wonderful. Is. That. I’ve been getting up early at the gym for a week because the whole country is on vacation. I’m home too early, my travel time is one big, favorable, mathematical formula. And if you travel by NS, you can lounge your derrière on a proper seat. A seat. On the train.
Secondly: you won’t miss out on the sale
We are heading towards seventy percent and you toss that right into your digital shopping cart. Because you read your emails with all those warnings. You’re going to snag that designer bag while your colleague is missing out on the beach. Ha.
Thirdly: just as nice a tan as the vacationers
Because the Netherlands is the new tropics. With every ray of sun, you crawl onto your favorite terrace and on the weekend you go to the Costa del Holando.
Fourthly: you still get to
It’s the absolute best to swish them around your ears, especially when the color is just starting to fade.
Fifthly: it has never been so quiet in the office
You get tasks done. In utmost concentration, you wrap up project after project in a Nobel Prize-worthy manner. By the end of the vacation, you can hardly walk from all the accolades.
Sixthly: there has never been so much socializing
Summer means a craving for wine, and a craving for wine is something universal that all stay-at-homes thrive on. Thus, your brainstorming turns into a social brainstorming session and that flows right into a dinner, another one, and a hangover.
Seventhly: your vacation is cheap (or almost)
Going on vacation late feels like one big upgrade, because it saves you money allowing you to do a hundred thousand times more with the vacation budget.
Eighthly: you pack your best friend’s summer dresses
Just stand at Schiphol (not to kiss by the way) and take that suitcase one-on-one. She has no use for those lovely dresses and outfits anymore, but you do.
Ninthly: and her books
Saves you another round on Bol.com.
Tenthly: you have more time to work on that bikini body
Imagine, if you lose four kilos in two months, that could easily make a difference with that little edge over the bikini bottom. You’ll look sharp in your outfit on the beach.
Eleventhly: everything tastes better
Stay-at-homes make iced coffee, squeeze juices, come up with banana-speculoos-freezer-things, get brilliantly good wine, fire up the barbecue. Oh, how I love them.
Have no nice vacation, but a wonderful stay-at-home, friends.
