I was depressive and was retrenched in 2009 due to the company meeting bank demands. I ended up spending my retrenchment money travelling - I'm from Australia, and I always wanted to travel coast-to-coast across the US. I spent three months doing it, and had a total about about three crappy days. Every other day was awesome, just travelling at my own speed and exploring another country.

I was significantly reinvigorated, and I'm very much the 'sit at the computer' type of person. So yeah, I recommend travel.

Also because when else are you going to get the chance to spend some serious time travelling?