A few weeks ago, I was on vacation... thinking about what makes a vacation a vacation.
I don't know what it's like for you, but lately I've been running into a bunch of articles that say something along the lines of: "The secret to a happy life is to treat your weekends not just as 'days you don't work' but more like a 'vacation'!" which got me thinking a bit. I haven't had a really nice vacation in a while. Not too long ago, I've been on vacation where my phone would not stop buzzing (unfortunately my work didn't have a work phone vs. personal phone distinction so all the work texts came to my personal cellphone. And this was during my 5th year anniversary trip with my partner). It was frightening to even imagine the number of work message notifications on my phone. More recently, I've been on vacation where the fear of missing out kicked in and I was frightened for almost the entire time - despite the fact that there was not a ton of work accumulating while I was gone. So when I think of "vacation" my mind defaults to: "Oh, you mean that dread?" What made me look forward to the holidays before I started dreading them? I decided to jot down a list of things that bring me joy (and this will continue to grow as I remember more things and discover things that I like):
Did your vacation turn into something to dread before? What brings you joy?
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Janet Reid
7/27/2019 13:39:56
I found that when my husband and I went on big trips we used a tablet that didn't have work emails. It had a gmail account for our travel bookings and that's it. Work emails and phones left at home!
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