Vacation/education

[Rachel Adams]

Is it wrong to use the indefinite article before "vacation" and "education"?

"Some people see happiness in little things like, having three meals, a job, a car and enough money for vacation and education."

 

[emsr2d2]

"Education" is uncountable so it would be incorrect to use an article of any kind before it.
"Vacation" is countable so you should use either "a vacation" or "vacations" in that sentence.

There shouldn't be a comma after "like".
I'd use "find happiness".
I'd use "three meals a day".

I wouldn't consider any of those to be "little things". Finding happiness in little things usually means, for example, smiling at the sight of a flower, seeing a puppy-shaped cloud, enjoying an ice cream while sitting on a warm beach.

 

[Peedeebee]

Education doesn't need an article. It is an uncountable noun. (Others can tell me if that is a correct definition.) Perhaps vacations would read better. Then it would work like an uncountable noun. It doesn't need an article.

 

[Rachel Adams]

Can I omit the indefinite article before "job" and "car"?

 

[emsr2d2]

Can I omit the indefinite article before "job" and "car"?

You can omit it before "car" because the "a" before "job" is taken to refer to both nouns. You can't omit the one before "job". Having said that, I'd include the article before both.

 

[Tdol]

Are these really little things? They strike me as big things. Having Brie in the supermarket in the current economic situation is a little thing.