😂 Vacation: approved time off. Permission granted. Return expected.

Break: I stop. You don't get a vote.

One requires a boss. The other requires sovereignty.

The wage world conditions us to think all rest must be earned through someone else's approval. "How many days do you have?" "When will you be back?" "Can you still check email?"

A break just... happens. No calendar. No out-of-office. No counting days until the ride resumes.