Before the coronavirus pandemic, taking a vacation could mean going on an exciting getaway or spending quality time visiting friends and family.
Days off from work look different now that travel and spending time with others indoors is discouraged. You should still take time off from work even if you have nowhere to go — spending quality time on your couch can be great — but it’s also OK to take stock of what this year has wrought.
Here are tweets and posts that sum up the strange, humorous reality of what time off from work is like in 2020:
Planning to use vacation days with friends in 2019: “Want to take 2 weeks, leave the country, blackout and post thirst traps on Instagram?”
— Molly DeMellier (@theguaca_molly) November 18, 2020
Planning to use vacation days with friends in 2020: “Want to take off Friday and go outside? I think it’s going to be sunny.”
going on a much needed vacation to the other room can't wait
— Alyssa Limperis (@alyssalimp) May 21, 2020
me thinking about winter 2020 and my unused vacation days pic.twitter.com/kjaaG7wxQA
— 🦉𝚍𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚒 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚝🦉 (@dodaistewart) November 28, 2020
My favorite travel destinations of 2020:
— Alexander Nazaryan (@alexnazaryan) December 9, 2020
-the supermarket
-CVS
-upstairs, away from the children
Bon voyage!
Newest airport codes for our current travels.
— Anna Harrison (@ABananaRambling) March 29, 2020
LVG - living room
DNR - dining room
BTH - Bathroom
BKY - back yard
PAT- patio
MBR - master bed room
OFC - office
WNC - wine celler
What other places are in your current plans?
This is the first year I’m not going to Fiji because of COVID-19. 🥺
— brooke miller (@buhrooke) June 26, 2020
Normally, I do not go because I am poor.
Brb just planning my vacation
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) March 20, 2020
Think I’m gonna start in the living room, spend a couple days there.
Then I’m gonna head on over to the bedroom for a few days.
Then I’m gonna wrap things up in the kitchen. pic.twitter.com/6HQ4orjtzd
My passport bored af 🥺
— De'arra Taylor (@dearra) July 20, 2020
Me waiting for my vacation days so I can just keep doing the same shit I've been doing all year pic.twitter.com/VDhqewEqmq
— claudia (@meatoball) December 7, 2020
I need a 365 days vacation next year to detox from 2020.
— The Haitian Kabrit (@_Stevensonjean) December 4, 2020
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