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And it makes sense. It's hard to relax when you are exhausted from traveling. The best you can do is exhaust yourself getting to/from your destination, then r

by e40 8y ago

And it makes sense. It's hard to relax when you are exhausted from traveling. The best you can do is exhaust yourself getting to/from your destination, then relax while you are there. Any vacation with constant switching of locations is not about relaxing. It's about something else, and that might be what you want.

kurthr 8y ago
The counter example of this is that habits are hard to break when you stay in the same environment. If your habits are what prevent you from relaxing (dog forbid you work from home), then going somewhere else may be just what you need. A change of environment is just a way to escape yourself. Industrial scale resorts do strike me as a bit bizarre, but they are an industry fed by marketing and advertising. As you say, there are also the "bucket list" things people would like to see/do that end up as vacations, because that's the only time you could do them. These adventures may also help you relax when you return, because you have memories and stories to tell (or pictures to brag?)... because if you remember the perspective of your vacation, you may be able to relax a bit even when you're back working.
- therein 8y ago
  > If your habits are what prevent you from relaxing (dog forbid you work from home) Your typo made me smile as that situation could be just as effective at making it hard to work from home.
- ams6110 8y ago
  Yes the most relaxing vacations I take are when I get away from my house and local environment, but do virtually nothing at my vacation destination. By nothing I mean just live in the local environment. Don't try to see all the things, or make a lot of plans in advance.
  - empath75 8y ago
    Yep. My favorite vacations were just staying in a guest house in a residential neighborhood in Kyoto or an Airbnb above a bakery in Paris and not really doing much but living life.

by e40 8y ago

kurthr 8y ago

The counter example of this is that habits are hard to break when you stay in the same environment. If your habits are what prevent you from relaxing (dog forbid you work from home), then going somewhere else may be just what you need. A change of environment is just a way to escape yourself. Industrial scale resorts do strike me as a bit bizarre, but they are an industry fed by marketing and advertising. As you say, there are also the "bucket list" things people would like to see/do that end up as vacations, because that's the only time you could do them. These adventures may also help you relax when you return, because you have memories and stories to tell (or pictures to brag?)... because if you remember the perspective of your vacation, you may be able to relax a bit even when you're back working.

therein 8y ago
> If your habits are what prevent you from relaxing (dog forbid you work from home) Your typo made me smile as that situation could be just as effective at making it hard to work from home.
ams6110 8y ago
Yes the most relaxing vacations I take are when I get away from my house and local environment, but do virtually nothing at my vacation destination. By nothing I mean just live in the local environment. Don't try to see all the things, or make a lot of plans in advance.
- empath75 8y ago
  Yep. My favorite vacations were just staying in a guest house in a residential neighborhood in Kyoto or an Airbnb above a bakery in Paris and not really doing much but living life.