"The average American worker takes less vacation time than a medieval peasant"

"Go back 200, 300, or 400 years and you find that most people did not work very long hours at all. In addition to relaxing during long holidays, the medieval peasant took his sweet time eating meals, and the day often included time for an afternoon snooze.

"The tempo of life was slow, even leisurely; the pace of work relaxed," notes Shor. "Our ancestors may not have been rich, but they had an abundance of leisure."

Fast-forward to the 21st century, and the US is the only advanced country with no national vacation policy whatsoever."

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