That never made sense to me.
One of my friends got fired last week, I guess it's not a good year for second chances. He was talking about how much he's been able to do now that he's not working and it made me so jealous because I remember how great the first few weeks of my unemployment were.
I'm not saying that we should all quit our jobs but I do think vacations should be more frequent. My previous job never let me take PTO and I think that's why the freedom was so nice. My current schedule is really nice, I work three days and two evenings and they don't get pissy when I ask for time off, they just accommodate my requests :)
I want to be more productive with my time so I will begin to make an effort to do so. Perhaps I'll make some furniture so that I can have seats and solid surfaces in my future apartment. I've been studying "Scrap wood furniture" and I think I can do it.