TaldenNZ

I’m curious how that stacks up with others.

In New Zealand we get (for full-time employment):

• 20 days of annual leave (these can carry over, though the business encourage you to take them - and they can pay you out for 5 days a year, if both you and they agree).
• 10 days of ‘sick leave’ (this accumulates up to, I think, 20 days) - can be used for dependants (eg caring for a sick child).
• Up to 3 days bereavement leave.
• 12 ‘public holidays’ (1 is a different day per region, the others are national holidays)

So we get less annual leave, but it gets more nuanced once all of the other leave types are considered. I think NZ is somewhere in the middle of the field when it comes to leave entitlements.

Just one person? And aside from pleasantly passing the time with random chatter…

Squash.

Loved playing squash with someone of similar ability, just socially keeping score in a endless game until we’re too tired to play.

Thinking of nothing else for a time, focused on the game.

Sadly my health hasn’t been up to that for a while now… But that was great.

As a group activity. Table-top RPG with long-running worlds.

Usually D&D but even system-less story-teller games. Whether running the game or playing it.

Role-playing with an experienced and familiar group of friends that can flip instantly in and out of character to chat about the game as much as play it - that’s great fun. We could do that all day (and in some instances most of the night)…