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fun times and new adventures. Family bonding, better communication and quality time spent together
are some of the biggest benefits you can reap from a vacation. You can't put a price on those things!
5. Vacations improve your overall health and well being. A quick Google search will confirm that there
are many data-driven, science-backed reasons on the how’s and whys a vacation is good for you.
Practicing self-care and devoting time that will benefit you both short-term and in the long run are
investments in your health, your happiness and in your quality of life.
6.0 How to Actually Have Fun on Vacation and Return to Work Refreshed
Have you ever gone into a vacation with the intention of rest and rejuvenation, but then find yourself
about to return to work still tired and not as refreshed as you’d hoped? I definitely have. And I looked
back thinking, “What happened? Where did the time go? Why didn’t I just relax and enjoy myself
more?” The thing is that our vacations can be just as full of to-do lists, obligations, and demands as our
working lives. So it’s easy for our precious vacation time to get away from us and for us to spend it in
ways that don’t feel rejuvenating. To feel rested, reenergized and restored I believe we need to spend
our vacation time (or at least a good part of it) doing things that help us reconnect with ourselves; things
that make us feel really good, lift our spirits and help us feel grounded in our mind and body. This comes
from doing things we genuinely like and enjoy doing. Just do things you like; it sounds obvious and easy,
right? And yet how often do you find yourself on vacation doing things you don’t genuinely want to do?
Things like attending a BBQ with people you don’t really like because you feel obligated, spending a day
restraining the back deck when you hate housework, or if you’re traveling, only visiting the sights and
eating where your travel companions want, etc. We can find ourselves doing these things we don’t
actually really want to do because our mind has many reasons for us why we “have to” or “should” or
what will happen if we don’t. It feels more complicated than just doing what we want. And yes,
sometimes it can be more complicated. I completely understand there are some things you have to do,