Vacation guilt? You're not alone

度假内疚?你并不孤单

Round Table China

2025-07-18

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To all the hardworking professionals out there - you've earned that vacation time, fair and square. Yet when the moment comes, do you take it without guilt? In the U.S., where hustle culture runs deep, vacation guilt is all too common. So why does taking time off evoke a sense of guilt? / Little dots on smartphone outsmart motion sickness (24:50) / Round Table's Happy Place (30:11)! On the show: Heyang, Steve Hatherly & Gao Junya
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  • Discussion keeps the world turning.

  • This is Roundtable.

  • You're listening to Roundtable with myself, He Young.

  • I'm joined by Steve Hatherly and Gao Junya in the studio.

  • Junya, when you're not on Roundtable, where can folks find you?

  • I've been producing a podcast called China Africa Talk.

  • Actually, it's also because I worked in Africa as a correspondent for over five years,

  • and I have a passion for China Africa-related stories.

  • And you will find me on CGTN radio website.

  • It's updated weekly.

  • Oh weekly!

  • Weekly and yeah the latest episode will be out and we're focusing on this ongoing China in supply chain forum.

  • All right okay well you know where to find Junya coming up.

  • For all the hard-working folks out there you've earned that vacation time fair and square but when it finally comes do you take it with it?

  • guilt.

  • In the U.S., vacation guilt is real and increasingly common.

  • So what's driving this mindset?

  • Following that, ever felt motion sickness in a moving car or boat?

  • Turns out your smartphone might be onto a core.

  • It's more like a cure, let's put it that way.