The only way to maximize and optimize your vacation is to maximize its length. In other words, to have lots more of it. In Finland, I have five weeks of vacati

The only way to maximize and optimize your vacation is to maximize its length. In other words, to have lots more of it. In Finland, I have five weeks of vacation a year and I usually take at least another five weeks of unpaid vacation. Public holidays don't count, of course, so I'll be home at Christmas and many other holidays regardless. What I think is the point of a vacation is to re-learn to do nothing and not being bothered by your usual responsibilities. Everything seems to be about doing, doing, and doing these days. Yet, people who must always be doing something have this very impenetrable zing around them that at least I do find it very difficult to even connect with them until they settle down for a while, reconnect with themselves and start being for a while. If you ask me, that ain't the way we're born to live our lives. In order to have enough time at all, one must be able to afford to waste plenty of it. Otherwise your life goes by without you ever noticing.