What taking a vacation does to your body and brain

Harrison Jacobs/Business Insider It isn't always easy to carve out time for a vacation. The average American worker takes justeight days a year, according to 2015 figures from the US Department of Labor. That would have been unimaginable for a medieval peasant, who took anywhere from eight weeks to half the year off. The short breaksmean thatAmericans are donating an average of $604 in work time to their employers every year in unused vacation time that can't be rolled over or paid out, accordin...