Here’s How Often You Need To Vacation To Prevent Premature Death, Says Overwhelming Research

“Not taking time off from work to go on vacation or simply rest can lead to overwork and burnout,” says Joyce Marter, LCPC, licensed psychotherapist and author of The Financial Mindset Fix: A Mental Fitness Program for an Abundant Life. Marter points to a recent World Health Organization study that found overwork and burnout contributed to more than 745,000 deaths in just one year. For context, that’s more than twice the number of Americans who died from COVID-19 in 2020, the first year of the pandemic.