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> Some people feel like their vacations are more work than the actual vacation was supposed to be

This is me. Vacations are not relaxing. Travel is exhausting. Sleeping in a hotel bed is not restful. Running around all day packing in "new experiences" is exhausting.

To me a vacation is doing nothing. No plans. No goals. Just let the days unfold.

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It seems like people felt it was an obligation to “go somewhere” when taking time off. Like it was an expectation.

Sure it’s okay to take a trip and see places but it’s definitely not a must. It’s an occasional “should” just to see other parts of the world a couple of times.

I find seeing other parts of the world to be vastly overrated. It is sometimes good to get away from your normal locale just to disconnect from it if that improves your ability to relax. But seeing the Great Wall or the Louvre.... not compelling to me.

On the other hand, it is my reason for living. I work to be able to travel.

People have different wants and priorities. That’s ok.

I think that with travel, you really have to focus on what you would like to do, and everything else is really secondary.

For me waiting in lines for tourist checklists is not really my thing, I am more happy sampling food and nightlife and whatnot. Everyone likes something different.

If you don't go somewhere else, particularly out of cellphone range, you're at risk of being called about work.

then don't answer your phone when you're not on the clock

Easier said than done, especially at the executive level. "on the clock", lol

Yeah I do not get this mentality at all. So many people in beautiful locations seem obsessed with just recording the experience, and maximizing the number of things recorded, than actually living it. And of course the reality is that those images/videos will just get posted on social media and then forgotten forever, maybe shown to a friend every once in a blue moon. It's not like somebody's going to look at his half assed video of a waterfall months later and be like 'ahhhh - relaxing.'

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