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No, just no. I'm going to stay at home, think about the projects I need to do around the house and how much my spare activities are going to cost. The best vaca

No, just no. I'm going to stay at home, think about the projects I need to do around the house and how much my spare activities are going to cost. The best vacation is an all-inclusive resort. I budget for the booking/flight. I get to see a new place in the world and once I'm there I basically eat/drink/sleep whenever I want to, it's the best.

koala_man 8y ago
I don't follow this reasoning at all. Will the projects not need doing if you go away? Is the flight/resort cheaper than the activities you'd do at home? Can you not eat/drink/sleep when you want when you're home?
- thisacctforreal 8y ago
  It's about the stress of delegating time and money. With an all inclusive resort the questions "do I really need this?" or "maybe I should be doing something else" don't come up.
  - guidoism 8y ago
    I wonder what it would cost to hire a maid and butler for your home for a week. Hmmm. I might just need to try that on our next staycation
    - ajhurliman 8y ago
      Even this is work, though. Hiring help is almost as bad as doing it yourself; they need to be endlessly managed between when they'll arrive/ depart, the scope of work, particularities about how to do the work, etc.
  - thirdsun 8y ago
    I get your point and can relate, but it's an issue that you can control entirely. You already know that those questions shouldn't come up during your vacation, regardless of if you're at home or far away at the beach. So simply don't let them - it's that easy.
- AnimalMuppet 8y ago
  > Will the projects not need doing if you go away? No, but I won't be able to do them, because I'll be gone. I therefore won't feel like I should be working on them, because it won't be possible to work on them. But you may ask, won't I feel that I should be home working on them, instead of away on vacation? The answer is no, at least for me. I may be somewhat obsessive about the projects (or at least about feeling guilty for not working on them), but I'm not that obsessive. When I leave, I don't feel like I should be home so that I can work on them.
  - copperx 8y ago
    Exactly. For me, being away is like turning my work "switch" to off. I know I may have email piling up, and that my problems aren't going to go away, but I feel that I'm free to ignore them because I'm physically distant from the location where I usually worry about them. I usually worry about work and emails when I'm home, and staying home wouldn't be relaxing, even though in theory I could just ignore everything.
  - gehwartzen 8y ago
    No matter where I go on vacation (or even if I’m staycationing) I tell everyone in my office I will be backpacking in the mountains without access to cell reception.
guidoism 8y ago
I’ve been thinking about what it is about vacations that’s so relaxing since it’s clearly not the lack of work. I quit my job a year ago but my day is still full of stuff to do. What’s nice about a vacation is the lack of physical possessions. You live without a crap load of clothes that need to be washed. You have maids to clean your room. The kitchen staff washes the dishes. You don’t read you email and worry about having to reply to people. You ignore bills and the leaky faucet and the million other things you need to do. It made me think that maybe my life is just full of too many complications.
- solipsism 8y ago
  I’ve been thinking about what it is about vacations that’s so relaxing since it’s clearly not the lack of work. You live without a crap load of clothes that need to be washed. You have maids to clean your room. The kitchen staff washes the dishes Huh? I think you're confused here. Washing clothes, cleaning your room, washing the dishes, and fixing leaks is work. Vacation is exactly having less work.
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  - guidoism 8y ago
    Yeah the word "work" can be confused. What I meant by work was work where you are paid to do something for someone else. Maybe "job" is a better word. I don't have a job and I don't get paid but I do indeed still do a lot of work.
    - solipsism 8y ago
      So does that resolve your confusion about the nature of vacation? :) Your statement "it's clearly not lack of work" should have been "it's clearly lack of job." To me at least, vacation clearly is "lack of work" :)
  - dozzie 8y ago
    Vacation is not about having less work. Vacation is about doing something different than you do usually, on a different schedule and probably with no big expectations to meet. Helping one's uncle to build a shed can be vacation to some people. Writing a program one wanted to write for a long time can be vacation, too. Spending three weeks in one's shop on woodworking can be a fulfilling vacation as well. So can be going on an international tour or doing nothing but reading seven different novels one after another.
duck 8y ago
I think by going to an all-inclusive resort you're not really seeing a new part of the world, but rather a resort.
- itronitron 8y ago
  the taxi ride from the airport to the resort is where you get to see the new part of the world, which probably adds to the allure of the resort
dirkgently 8y ago
> all-inclusive resort > see a new place in the world These two don't go well together.
cbanek 8y ago
One part I think the article neglects as a negative for the staycation is that when you're at home, your mind is usually in the habits that you have while you're at home (like you said, thinking about all the projects around the house, other things that bother you). Being able to get way out of your rut, being somewhere new, with no routines, habits, or subconscious triggers can really be a big breath of fresh air.
imesh 8y ago
No, the best vacation depends on you and what you want when you go on your vacation. Sometimes I want to ride my bike as far as I can for multiple weeks, sometimes I want to go to a new part of the world, sometimes I want to go to a resort and sometimes I want to stay home.
- nojvek 8y ago
  The best vacations for me have always been “take it at your own pace”. Sort of like book a flight to a destination and only book a hotel for a day or two. Then it’s all an open book. what to do, how long to do? You do what feels good to you. Sometimes we’d spend an entire day at the spa, or have a picnic by a remote lake, or hike up a mountain to a beautiful view, or just chill at the markets and talk to the locals, try new food. There is no deadline, no next place to be, one activity at a time that feels good. Sometimes you crave adventure, sometimes just do nothing and sleep, read a book, cuddle, have sex, etc. The world has a lot to offer than just your home.
apple4ever 8y ago
Actually I think that doing all the projects I want to do during a staycation is perfect. I know I have a ton of time to do them, and I can actually get them done. Instead of stressing and using up my weekends or weeknights doing them. I’m actually taking a staycation later this month and that’s my plan.
Fire-Dragon-DoL 8y ago
Isn't that maybe your fault? I have a lot of stuff to do, but if my project for the weekend is RELAXING, I ignore everything else and focus on that for 2 days. I don't get distracted, get extensive sleep and enjoy all the games I have home. Possibly I'll go out with my wife for a walk to get a gelato, but that's it

koala_man 8y ago

I don't follow this reasoning at all. Will the projects not need doing if you go away? Is the flight/resort cheaper than the activities you'd do at home? Can you not eat/drink/sleep when you want when you're home?

thisacctforreal 8y ago
It's about the stress of delegating time and money. With an all inclusive resort the questions "do I really need this?" or "maybe I should be doing something else" don't come up.
- guidoism 8y ago
  I wonder what it would cost to hire a maid and butler for your home for a week. Hmmm. I might just need to try that on our next staycation
  - ajhurliman 8y ago
    Even this is work, though. Hiring help is almost as bad as doing it yourself; they need to be endlessly managed between when they'll arrive/ depart, the scope of work, particularities about how to do the work, etc.
- thirdsun 8y ago
  I get your point and can relate, but it's an issue that you can control entirely. You already know that those questions shouldn't come up during your vacation, regardless of if you're at home or far away at the beach. So simply don't let them - it's that easy.
AnimalMuppet 8y ago
> Will the projects not need doing if you go away? No, but I won't be able to do them, because I'll be gone. I therefore won't feel like I should be working on them, because it won't be possible to work on them. But you may ask, won't I feel that I should be home working on them, instead of away on vacation? The answer is no, at least for me. I may be somewhat obsessive about the projects (or at least about feeling guilty for not working on them), but I'm not that obsessive. When I leave, I don't feel like I should be home so that I can work on them.
- copperx 8y ago
  Exactly. For me, being away is like turning my work "switch" to off. I know I may have email piling up, and that my problems aren't going to go away, but I feel that I'm free to ignore them because I'm physically distant from the location where I usually worry about them. I usually worry about work and emails when I'm home, and staying home wouldn't be relaxing, even though in theory I could just ignore everything.
- gehwartzen 8y ago
  No matter where I go on vacation (or even if I’m staycationing) I tell everyone in my office I will be backpacking in the mountains without access to cell reception.

guidoism 8y ago

I’ve been thinking about what it is about vacations that’s so relaxing since it’s clearly not the lack of work. I quit my job a year ago but my day is still full of stuff to do. What’s nice about a vacation is the lack of physical possessions. You live without a crap load of clothes that need to be washed. You have maids to clean your room. The kitchen staff washes the dishes. You don’t read you email and worry about having to reply to people. You ignore bills and the leaky faucet and the million other things you need to do. It made me think that maybe my life is just full of too many complications.

solipsism 8y ago
I’ve been thinking about what it is about vacations that’s so relaxing since it’s clearly not the lack of work. You live without a crap load of clothes that need to be washed. You have maids to clean your room. The kitchen staff washes the dishes Huh? I think you're confused here. Washing clothes, cleaning your room, washing the dishes, and fixing leaks is work. Vacation is exactly having less work.
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- guidoism 8y ago
  Yeah the word "work" can be confused. What I meant by work was work where you are paid to do something for someone else. Maybe "job" is a better word. I don't have a job and I don't get paid but I do indeed still do a lot of work.
  - solipsism 8y ago
    So does that resolve your confusion about the nature of vacation? :) Your statement "it's clearly not lack of work" should have been "it's clearly lack of job." To me at least, vacation clearly is "lack of work" :)
- dozzie 8y ago
  Vacation is not about having less work. Vacation is about doing something different than you do usually, on a different schedule and probably with no big expectations to meet. Helping one's uncle to build a shed can be vacation to some people. Writing a program one wanted to write for a long time can be vacation, too. Spending three weeks in one's shop on woodworking can be a fulfilling vacation as well. So can be going on an international tour or doing nothing but reading seven different novels one after another.

duck 8y ago

I think by going to an all-inclusive resort you're not really seeing a new part of the world, but rather a resort.

itronitron 8y ago
the taxi ride from the airport to the resort is where you get to see the new part of the world, which probably adds to the allure of the resort

dirkgently 8y ago

> all-inclusive resort > see a new place in the world These two don't go well together.

cbanek 8y ago

One part I think the article neglects as a negative for the staycation is that when you're at home, your mind is usually in the habits that you have while you're at home (like you said, thinking about all the projects around the house, other things that bother you). Being able to get way out of your rut, being somewhere new, with no routines, habits, or subconscious triggers can really be a big breath of fresh air.

imesh 8y ago

No, the best vacation depends on you and what you want when you go on your vacation. Sometimes I want to ride my bike as far as I can for multiple weeks, sometimes I want to go to a new part of the world, sometimes I want to go to a resort and sometimes I want to stay home.

nojvek 8y ago
The best vacations for me have always been “take it at your own pace”. Sort of like book a flight to a destination and only book a hotel for a day or two. Then it’s all an open book. what to do, how long to do? You do what feels good to you. Sometimes we’d spend an entire day at the spa, or have a picnic by a remote lake, or hike up a mountain to a beautiful view, or just chill at the markets and talk to the locals, try new food. There is no deadline, no next place to be, one activity at a time that feels good. Sometimes you crave adventure, sometimes just do nothing and sleep, read a book, cuddle, have sex, etc. The world has a lot to offer than just your home.

apple4ever 8y ago

Actually I think that doing all the projects I want to do during a staycation is perfect. I know I have a ton of time to do them, and I can actually get them done. Instead of stressing and using up my weekends or weeknights doing them. I’m actually taking a staycation later this month and that’s my plan.

Fire-Dragon-DoL 8y ago

Isn't that maybe your fault? I have a lot of stuff to do, but if my project for the weekend is RELAXING, I ignore everything else and focus on that for 2 days. I don't get distracted, get extensive sleep and enjoy all the games I have home. Possibly I'll go out with my wife for a walk to get a gelato, but that's it