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12 Reasons Your Brain Needs Vacations

12 Reasons Your Brain Needs Vacations Infographic

It’s one thing to feel like you need a break, it’s another thing to convince yourself that you should take one.

The way that after sitting still for a long time your body craves stretching and moving around, your brain craves a change of subject and a chance to unwind after focusing on the same tasks day in and day out. Aside from just making you feel better and happier, taking a vacation has noticeable benefits to your health and your productivity.

On the one hand, we all already know this on some level. We know very well that we are fresher on Monday than Friday, we talk about needing to “recharge”, and we feel better and fresher after a holiday, even if we didn’t go anywhere or do anything inspiring. But there’s always so much work to do, it’s easy to think that maybe we don’t really need a vacation right now. Take one anyway. Do it for your health and happiness.

And hey, if you’re finally going to go on vacation, why not let this infographic convince you to go to beautiful Boracay Island?