My 75-year-old dad told me he’ll feel like he’s closer to dying if our annual family vacations stop. He’s not ready for that. Neither am I. It stopped me in my tracks and frankly scared me a little. While I know my parents are aging, I haven’t begun thinking about life without them, and I
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When it’s time to leave for vacation, you know the drill: Turn off all the lights, double-check every door is locked and have a neighbor on standby in case you have any packages delivered while you’re away. But what about your air conditioner? Should you turn it off, or is there a magic energy-saving temperature
It wasn’t just Gen Z and young millennials sneaking out of work and secretly taking some time off over the summer months. Bosses have been at it too. New research has found that productivity really does dip over the peak summer months—and that’s because workers, from the front line to corporate management, are ditching their
Sun’s out, laptops out. Summer is the season of endless out-of-office messages, as workers cash in on their paid time off. But is the same true for those locked in the AI race? Miles Brundage, OpenAI’s former head of policy research, theorized on X that some AI labs may be more keen on vacay time
My family had an exceptionally busy spring. This year, we threw in an early college graduation, a high school graduation, and a wedding. Each week was full of senior events and wedding plans. I was tired. My kids were tired. As much as we wanted a family vacation, the idea of planning something felt overwhelming.
