Big Q: If someone gave you $1,000 to play hooky for a day, what would you do?

CHICAGO, IL (December 28, 2016) — Who hasn’t dreamed of playing hooky from work and taking some sort of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off?

Especially these days when 61 percent of employees say they do work while they’re on vacation—and many feel like they can’t even afford to take vacations.

The Companion wants to know what you would do with a truly free day. If you randomly took a full day off work, would you just curl up with a good book, or would you do something more adventuresome? If someone gave you $1,000 to play hooky for a day, what would you do?

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