How many of you have a hard time taking a vacation? We all want a vacation. We all need a vacation. But do you have trouble finding the time for one? Do you have trouble leaving work back at the office when you go on vacation? Do you feel like your vacation is re-charging you or draining you?

Futurist and author Faith Popcorn claims that, compared to the rest of the world, Americans suffer from a condition called “vacation starvation.” The average employee of a large business gets about two, maybe three, weeks of vacation each year. The average employee of a small business—that’s most of us—gets about eight days off each year. In Europe and Australia, the average employee gets four to six weeks of paid vacation each year. (1) Are you already imagining what you would do with that much time…