Step 2 for people with passports issued by developing countries: Allocate a month to visa applications, interviews, biometric checks, gather documents and letters, then take a mini vacation to a city that has consulate services for the target country, to convince them you are not a liability or future illegal immigrant.

More discussion on that here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17778108

Step 3 - PROFIT!

Joke aside, not everyone can afford time off vacationing from work, and even with PTO covering their time off.

I try to travel with friends each year, but the core issue for most of us is, even with PTO, a few weeks of overtime is needed before or after the trip because work can't wait, and our colleagues cannot absorb our work. Speaking of our colleagues, many haven't taken vacation in years and let their unused PTO roll over and eventually expire!

Even with the seemingly-extra work (and overflowing email inboxes) I think it's important to walk away. You need to let the creative well refill, or you burn out.