You need to unplug. The case for a five-day vacation.

You know you should take a vacation. You’ve probably scheduled it, then rescheduled it, or settled for a long weekend with the laptop open. This month, we make the case for five consecutive business days away from work, no exceptions for “critical deadlines.” The real obstacle isn’t your calendar. It’s a load-bearing presence that has accumulated, making your absence feel like a risk. Learn the behaviors that signal the problem, the root causes that keep it in place, and five steps to turn your vacation into a stress test for your organization and a development tool for your team.