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This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning.<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n

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For some people, an out-of-office message is a simple one-line email. For others, it\u2019s an opportunity to make a grand statement about the relationship between work and life. In 2018, Marina Koren reported on the emailers who auto-delete all new messages while they\u2019re on vacation. When she first learned of the trend, she was indignant: The choice \u201cseemed to flout all the rules of email that we, as an internet-based society, had imposed on ourselves and others.\u201d But that may not be a terrible thing, she realized.<\/p>\n

Others use their out-of-office emails to either apologize profusely for time away or highlight their indignation at being tied to work or the internet in the first place. In 2024, Lora Kelley argued for the \u201cgoldilocks theory of out-of-office messages.\u201d \u201cWhen it comes to sending a note informing people that you will not be available, it\u2019s okay to simply say that,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

However you decide to tell people that you\u2019re going away, transitioning between vacation and regular obligations can get complicated. Today\u2019s newsletter rounds up stories about stepping away from daily life and then coming back to it.<\/p>\n

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Out of Office<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Most Honest Out-of-Office Message<\/p>\n

By Marina Koren<\/i><\/p>\n

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What if you deleted all your emails during vacation and never looked back? (From 2018<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Why Must We Work So Hard Before Vacation?<\/p>\n

By Joe Pinsker<\/i><\/p>\n

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The period before time off can be so intense that people need, well, a vacation to recover from it. (From 2022<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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How to Pick the Right Sort of Vacation for You<\/em><\/p>\n

By Arthur C. Brooks<\/i><\/p>\n

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All it takes is matching your personality to the holiday. (From 2023<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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