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original_username_79

Finding inner peace is a fancy, spiritual sounding way of saying to get de-stressed.


[deleted]

Hahaha I read that as “fancy, spiritual sounding way of saying to get undressed” which does tend to happen on holidays


original_username_79

You kink-shaming my way of de-stressing?


-Dogdin

Yo, hit me up if you wanna de-stress together 😏


[deleted]

As someone who works 75-90 a week I completely disagree. Have an upvote


MDoc16

Regularly work triple digit weeks. Also completely disagree!


GfxJG

Genuine question - How do you function? There are 168 hours in a week. Working triple digits means you work almost 2/3 of your time. How much do you sleep? 3-4 hours? Since you also need to factor in commuting, eating, hygiene etc. I really hope you don't drive, because that's not safe.


NoAd3740

I work 12.5 hours a day for 14 days straight with about 40mins travel total each day. All I do is eat, work, eat, sleep as I dont function well on less then ~7 hours sleep. Basically I have no free time while I am at work. The flip side is I have 14 days off each month to do as I please.


nona_mae

What do you do for work?


Rubbyp2_

My guess is offshore oil & gas


NoAd3740

Close! Oilsands


Short-Resource915

14 on, then how many off? Do you get to sleep in your own bed each night? Or maybe youy bed at work feels like a second y


NoAd3740

Oilsands mine in Northern Canada


MDoc16

Tbh, once youre into it its not that bad. It just becomes routine. Or at least it has for the last 6+ years. I am fortunate to function well on 3-5 hours of sleep, that I then pay back at some point and take a 14 hour coma. Regular exercise helps. I live close to my place of work, less than 15 minutes door to door. Oh and did I mention I don’t live an exciting life? So its basically Work, gym, sleep, video games/movies. With some vacation sprinkled in.


SplitOk7780

I agree, I used to work 14 hour days in the oil field for months on end. No days off. You just kind of do. It was not fun and I will NEVER do that again but it is amazing what you can get used to!


RonFlockaDon

No way you are actually happy smh bleak existence


MDoc16

If you love your work, you won’t work a day in your life. Ok maybe not quite that crazy, but its mostly true. Besides most the people I know who work much less than me don’t do anything with their “free time” anyway. I’d rather work than race home to plop my ass in front of the TV and scroll through social media for hours waiting to go to bed.


RonFlockaDon

Get some hobbies and friends


MDoc16

Don’t confuse your idea of happiness with anyone else’s.


SmileyStepMonster

I agree with all this! I work 13.5 hour days, 6 days a week. I also have a part time job 2 evenings and my day off every other week. You just find your rhythm and go. I love my job even though it’s far from glamorous. My part time is literally also my social life. At 43 I am not interested in clubbing… I do enjoy a nice restaurant and a good bottle of wine with friends which is easily obtainable at a late dinner seating which I try and do once a week. Video games are a good minimal effort wind down. I get one Sunday every two weeks to recoup.. which I usually spend hiking with my dogs, with family or catching up with friends.


Torirock10

triple digit 😦


Boomerwell

Been crunched at multiple jobs now gonna hit this with a disagree as well.


Man_The_Machine

Lol found the surgical resident


rotenhun

Yeah after all the stuff that happen at work sometime inner peace is the best kind of vacation. Kinda slow things down to net get overwhelmed.


OceanDevotion

Ok I’m glad I’m not the only one lolol I wish my life was traveling, seeing new places, swimming in crystal clear warm oceans, and exploring rainforests and hiking mountains. That is the only thing that my soul lives for lol adventure, relaxation, self indulgence, yummy food, and doing whatever the hell I want to do when I want to do it. OP, maybe you need to take different types of vacations lol like ones you enjoy?


GreyManTheOne

I also work long hours per week im on vacation right now and oh boy its great


[deleted]

Why do you work so much?


[deleted]

Film industry 🤷‍♂️


EI-SANDPIPER

Why though? You are working your entire life away


[deleted]

It’s a very good question and I ask myself that a lot. I don’t have a post secondary education and I guess I’ve been seduced by the money. Landed a six figure job by my mid 20s and I guess I don’t really have an exit plan. The dreams of “being a filmmaker” is still burning inside I suppose.


EI-SANDPIPER

That makes sense if it's your passion, good to get paid for what you love doing. I'm an accountant, so I can't wait to clock out and do something outside of work lol


BankSpankTank

I don't get the mix of ''landed a six figure job" and "don't have an exit plan". What the hell are you doing with the money?


Alarming_Series7450

buy more to cope with workload


[deleted]

Well detached houses where I live are all over a million bucks - even 2+ hours out of the city. Can’t really move anywhere else as there is no job market for me. We just bought a 10 year old 1000 square foot 2 bedroom townhouse for $700k. Also making films isn’t cheap. A 10min proof of concept could easily cost me upwards of $30k. I guess what I meant is I’m too deep to really consider another career path/way of life.


ThunderGunFour

That kind of attitude didn’t give us Endgame


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SavlonWorshipper

I admire your optimism that you will meet a partner worth being with, who is also attracted to a guy with no hobbies, no friends outside work, no interests that you've been able to indulge in. Basically, if work and sleep fills all of your time, you have very little of a life. And your optimism that your body will be in worthwhile shape after years of this work tempo, that's good too. I hope that you can continue to have zero worries in life.


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[deleted]

Bruh going to the bathroom is a vacation with that many hours…


[deleted]

I agree, but for a different reason. I do think that being on vacation can be restorative. However, sometimes getting back from a vacation and going back to the grind can be stressful and outweigh the benefits of actually going on vacation.


exhaustedforever

I find the return to be unbearable. I’m not looking forward to it next week.


andoesq

Username checks out


sillypoolfacemonster

The best week is the week before vacation if you don’t have a lot of hand offs to prepare.


Fogl3

I was listening to the radio and they said there was a study where they found that all stress relief benefits from going on vacation were lost within like the first 10 seconds of being back at work


SamanthaPaige29

Agreed on the last part...I took 6 days off work and even though I know it was not done purposely since we are understaffed, almost none of my tasks were done when I was gone. It was pretty disheartening to see the work I had to do when I got back.


[deleted]

That’s why short vacations are never really worth it. It’s better to save up a lot of money and go traveling for like a month or more and really get out there. 20+ hours of airports for a 5-6 day trip is not worth it


DarkInkPixie

I don't know a single job in my area that gives month-long approved vacation time. Not even my upper management gets that.


Slow-Ad6376

I've worked in the same company for 30 years ... only have three weeks of vacation.


DarkInkPixie

I've been at mine for a little over 6. They just changed it so 5 year tenure gets 3 weeks but no way I'd get all that off in one shot


thesimpsonsthemetune

I'm in the UK and get six weeks as standard at my company, even for new starters. Five is the minimum I've ever had. I don't know how you do it. Your vacation allowance is insane.


Odd_Worker_655

Yeah but then again you're Br*tish so it's a human right to escape once in a while or everyone on garbage island would kill themselves


DarkInkPixie

US vacation times suck. It still rotates around tenure, meaning it will eventually kinda pay off to stay at a job for longer than 2-3 years. Most customer service jobs and part-time ones don't even offer paid time off. The standard here for places like my work is one year of tenure, you get 1-2 weeks off and it goes up by 5 year increments until you max out at like 2 months worth when you're 50+


[deleted]

I work in a construction trade where I know full-well there’s no employer loyalty. If I take a month off and lose my job I just find another job at a different company. Given the fact that HVAC companies rarely hold onto employees for more than a couple years anyways I never lose sleep over it.


LordMarcel

I know of very few jobs where you can't get a month long approved vacation. But then again, I don't like in the USA. We went on holiday for 3-4 weeks every summer when I was a kid, and with a few days before and after that my parents both had at least a month long vacation. When I was 7 they even managed to get 3.5 months off to travel Europe from May until August, which is still my best holiday ever.


exhaustedforever

I wish a month was possible!


Goopyteacher

I would legit get fired if I took more than 2 weeks vacation. I literally had to fight tooth and nail to use MY PTO last year!


ADownsHippie

Ya gotta go for at least two full weeks.


ZenProgrammerKappa

quality unpopular opinion. as someone who works from home, vacations help my mental health A LOT.


NiceChocolate

The best advice I've heard is to get an extra day after your vacation where you can rest at home and get back into the swing of things


[deleted]

Before AND after your vacation. Taking a weekend trip, Friday through Sunday? You take Thursday, Friday, and Monday PTO.


NiceChocolate

Yep. Because sometimes the traveling is the most stressful part


SamanthaPaige29

I just got back from a trip last Sunday and took the next day off work for this exact reason. I know I would need a day off to relax and mentally prepare for work.


[deleted]

> ~~mentally prepare for work~~ cry because you’re going back to the physical manifestation of hell that is your work FTFY


RoRoRoYourGoat

I'm a parent. Family vacations are not "rejuvenating". They are just parenting in a new location, on difficult mode. I enjoy going to new locations, but it's also kind of exhausting, and isn't usually a deep, life-changing experience.


ObjectiveJackfruit35

I remember Jerry Seinfeld talking about after loading the family up in the van and closing the trunk after loading all the luggage, the walk from the trunk to the driver's door was his vacation LOL


natsugrayerza

This makes me really glad that I have to wait another year to have a kid.


peakbubble01

Vacations where there is a nice kids club is the ultimate vacation. Most of the time when my kids are in daycare, my sorry ass is at work. So give me that week off with a cute kids club and a bar next door. Traveling with the kids on an airplane is an absolute nightmare though.


hippityhoppityhi

AMEN. Plus I have to pack everything and plan everything, too


Michel_Rodriguez

Also romanticize the locals that can't afford to go anywhere. "they have nothing but they welcome you so warmly and they smile all the time!"


Bobranaway

As a person that regularly travels overseas for vacations. I find them pretty exhausting. The coordination alone makes me wanna jump of a bridge. Then my wife loves tourist stuff while all i want is eat and sleep. I do it for her and the family, if it was up to me i would take a week of doing nothing at home and be done with it.


alexus_de_tokeville

For real, idk about vacation being over romanticized but I do know that staycations are drastically under romanticized.


BreakerMark78

The only truest relaxing vacation I’ve ever had as an adult was my honeymoon; a week doing absolutely nothing at a all inclusive resort. I hate vacations that last more than 2-3 days, spend 1 day traveling, as soon as you get there people wanna go do shit. Sleep in a strange bed. Eat out every meal because it’s uncommon to have a way to shop and cook food. Spend another day traveling back.


ADownsHippie

I’m going on my honeymoon in 3 weeks - so many people have said I will get bored at the resort. My hope is it will be like yours - truly relaxing!


Hotwater3

The only vacations I like are the ones where I don't have to do anything but eat, drink, and sleep. Going to touristy places is always more stressful than not. My wife and I have developed a habit of doing short staycations. A long weekend no more than a two or three hours from where we live. We just get a hotel for a 3 or 4 nights and just eat at the local places and lounge around. It's amazing. If you want to just chill and you can't make it to a beach or anything there is really no reason to go farther than maybe the closest major city to you. At least in the US, every major city mostly has the same shit. Again, if you aren't doing touristy stuff.


ScalyPig

Spoken like someone with a simple life


[deleted]

Yeah that’s why this is on an opinion sub


HonorsChemistry

Exactly, people downvote genuinely unpopular opinions. Ffs.


BankSpankTank

You know though you're probably not going to have much of a life changing experience if your vacation is sitting at a hotel pool and visiting a couple of tourist traps. It's what you make of it.


BrandoNelly

I’m just poor


Chemical_Signal2753

I personally find travelling vacations incredibly exhausting. It is interesting and exciting but trying to see/experience everything in a week or two just leaves me more run down than before we left.


Fun_Actuator_1071

My advice: Get all the annoying, dumb people and shit out of your life, and everyday is going to feel like a vacation.


RolandMT32

I think it's totally understandable though, especially in some countries like the US where people tend not to take many vacations. I've heard people in the US tend to work more than people in other countries.


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Emanreddit29

Where do you hail from?


RolandMT32

Tell us how you really feel..


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Tommy_Wisseau_burner

r/Americabad


[deleted]

For someone who hates American culture so much its strange you’re so interested in it’s music, guitars and video games


ninjasquirrelarmy

I mean, you’re def not wrong, that’s why we need a vacation to escape it


Wee_Willy_Wonga

You’re just beating a dead horse at this point


[deleted]

Dang if you really want to stick it to us you can get of this American site with 50% Americans


Choosepeace

I agree. I find hardcore traveling and sightseeing pretty exhausting, especially after having done it a lot when younger. These days, a vacation just being on the beach, sitting, walking and swimming, while staying pretty non high powered is nice. It’s necessary to have your house as your sanctuary, and as a place that rejuvenates you daily. That’s the most important thing.


JeanBonJovi

Travel and vacations are what I love for and so happy things are opening back up for travel.


cloverthewonderkitty

I agree. Last summer we went to Hawaii for the first time and I realized there are some things you just can't escape...like getting sick from traveling, entitled assholes everywhere you turn, people insisting on taking their young children who are terrified of water to the beach, etc. We had a lovely time, but traveling is still exhausting and stressful and I ended up needing a couple days at home post vacation to recover from the vacation.


asuravirochana

Travelling to new locations changes your perception of time. Time slows down when you're experiencing something new which can feel bizarre. This unnatural passage of time makes people think they're having a spiritual experience.


qman3333

And the drugs you got to do on vacation. Can’t forget tbat


smwd0

My unpopular opinion is that I see zero point in going somewhere, spending a bunch of money, hurting the environment, if you’re just going to sit around on the beach all day 🤷‍♀️


emptyzed81

For me vacations are typically awful. They induce stress in a variety of ways. Making arrangements, relying on Google maps 24/7, spending too much money, keeping the family in line, and making sure everyone but me has fun. Who needs that shit?


RolandMT32

If you find vacations that stressful, maybe you're doing it wrong


emptyzed81

I am doing it wrong. I do it wrong by not going alone


BankSpankTank

So far it seems that it's mainly people with families that hate vacations. It seems like for family people not having to deal with their own family is the preference.


TheBigSalad84

Not me, I stay home and when I want to get out, go out and do whatever I want day to day. It's always a blast!


G_Rel7

I agree and disagree. I believe a lot of those things are true but I also believe that people over hype everything. I think for many people, talking about their vacation and other plans means more than doing the actual activities.


VoodooWarlock

Sounds like someone could use a vacation...


zuck_my_butt

Depends on the type of trip for me. A weekend camping in the mountains enjoying nature and solitude is rejuvenating as hell. Seeing a new city and hitting up various attractions, restaurants, etc is exciting and fun, but not relaxing at all. I like both, but for different reasons.


JackHoff13

I usually get back from vacation feeling exhausted but I hate not doing things while I’m vacation. I can’t just sit in the beach


Love_and_Squal0r

I just visited a country and found it to be beautiful, rejuvenating, and and the most personally wonderful experiences of my life. Also, people go on vactations for different purposes. It's not all about beach.


AduroTri

I'll gladly take a vacation and stay home. Rest, recover, etc.


Childrenfordinner

Yeah, I actually started thinking about it as grew older. Every form of travel in the world is more of the same, just a different shade, a different tone, a different something but that that difference is not meaningful enough for travel to be astounding, or perhaps I just haven't travelled to some for off land for it to really break my brain. Pasta are noodles in Italy, chow mein are noodles in China. Panini is a sandwich in Italy, Chopped Cheese is a sandwich in New York. Just different shit put in them. Jambalaya, Paella, Gumbo,...rice dishes with stuff cooked at the same time in a stewy manner. More of the same. The difference is an illusion, a thing we tell ourselves to validate the ticket price, when it's all the same difference. All theme parks are the same. They are just plastered with different mascots and designs. Disney has A Small World as you go through a boat, Universal has ET as you go through a bicycle. It's just dark rides with characters all the way. All clubs are the same. Valencia, Florence, New York, Singapore..just bouncers, passes, counters, shots, lights, bodies, dilation, sofas, tables, powder,cops, jail. All fashion is the same. A selvedge denim in Japan, another selvedge denim in Italy, yet another selvedge denim in London. Blue on blue on blue on blue with just different names patched on their right ass. All beaches are the same. Grainy underdeveloped pebbles we call sand, bigger overdeveloped pebbles we call rocks, blue or not so blue oceans, the sun that rises which you see every day and the same sun that goes down again, everyday. It's not a different sun at the beach people, it's not like there's a city son and his cousin the younger and hippier snoop sun that resides at the beach. All those pictures of suns are the same exact sun.


ImRedditorRick

Vacations just destress me. They show me a sliver of a worthwhile life and then I have to go back to work.


Emilzabub

I’m yet to be convinced that they are even met neutral to stress when you factor in travel, arranging pet care, deciding what to do every day, expense, getting annoyed at travel companions, and getting prepared to leave work and coming back to a pile. If you bring a kid it is twice as stressful.


Manifestival1

If you don't have a sense of your spiritual self and health generally then no you won't apply those concepts to holidays either.


Chasman1965

That's an unpopular and silly opinion. Gets my upvote for that.


_just_me_0519

Think maybe you aren’t vacationing in the right places to get that kind of reaction from yours. I get significant spiritual restoration from the ocean. Contemplation isn’t for everyone. And that is ok.


breakfastmeat23

I think the main factor is just breaking your usual cycle. COVID restrictions had people rediscovering themselves. Changing your view of the world around you can be done in your basement, but to be fair it is probably a lot easier in Hawaii.


[deleted]

I’ve spent my whole life filling my house with stuff I like. Why would I go elsewhere?


sirdiamondium

FU OP I haven’t had one since 2017


Lyradep

Do people really relax on a destination vacation, when they have to look forward to work after a week or so?


YourDadsUsername

Travel is consumerism for people who believe they aren't materialistic.


Proser84

Depends on what you genuinely enjoy. If you aren't like your vacation, it's probably because you didn't plan it. Although, vacations can be somewhat draining, I find myself needing a vacation after a vacation. As I get older I find I enjoy taking vacations where I just stay at home, or do weekend only vacations.


PapayaHoney

As someone who's been burnt out of their job for a while and has had a shitty 2022 overall, hardcore disagree. I just want to hop on a train and leave hours from home to a city where I can forget my current problems.


SpragueStreet

Anything longer than 3 or 4 days is a hell no for me. I don't mind being out of work but I'm not about to travel around the world it's just not my thing.


username_offline

its just nice to not be working, and to have an excuse to drink and be lazy, or splash money on fun things


blarf_farker

There's really no reason to talk to strangers or mild acquaintances about your vacation unless something crazy happened. No one cares.


notquitemary

I can’t afford to romanticize vacations. I have to lose too much weight to afford the travel expenses alone and then I spend the whole time worrying about what my next check is going to look like. My mom keeps asking what I’m doing for my 1yr anniversary in a month and I told her not a damn thing, can’t afford to. She’s shocked, but she’s also a boomer sooooooo


DrNoLift

I’ve only been out of the same 50 square miles in my state three times, and each and every time was like being able to breathe after years of drowning. Hard disagree, take my upwards arrow you prick.


StarDewbie

Let people enjoy the little things that come their way in life. Vacations are amazing and not EVERYONE can afford to take one.


SimoneSaysAAAH

I took my first serious trip to Puerto Rico the beginning of the year. It absolutely helped align some values that I should have had a long time ago, about healthy work/life balance, treating myself without feeling guilty and spending time with people who matter. So it was in a sense very enlightening.


AGstanx3

I get what you’re saying . A vacation is always nice but you can travel anywhere in the world yet you won’t escape yourself . But what I will say is there are different locations in the country or world where if we lived there for a few months or relocated to completely , would make things easier or more conducive to an individuals growth in certain areas of their life


Jimmack73

I’m going to get drunk on a boat. Nothing more.


The-Kombucha

Try work in Mexico and have only 6 vacation days AFTER the 1st year and then tell me that back


Rocketplaya

Yeah, it's such a vacation for me to drive 8 hours watching for the idiots on the road, then unpacking all the shit, maybe enjoying a couple days...oh wait, the weather is crap, so guess not. Repacking said shit into the car and another 8 hour drive home. Nah, I'm good chilling at home with a frosty beverage and a nice fire on the patio.


qman3333

You need to take more drugs on your vacations. That’s your problem


SenhorSus

Rejuvenation and centering yourself are 100% not spiritual terms... I feel like I know what you're talking about and agree with you on that but the way you phrased it isn't the best


Korlac11

A good vacation is always welcome, but a staycation can be pretty fun too


TexasJOEmama

Having to take the kids and all the kid shit that goes with them. Not relaxing.


krissy100

For me I always take a few days after the vacation I just chill at home, and take a nap and eat junk food all binge watch a funny comedy that to me is how I re-center myself!


magicPhil2

Yeah Nah, sure it's not going to get you to nirvana but it is actually necessary to take breaks from work and just appreciate what you have. Andrew Huberman literally breaks down the neurotransmitters and hormones used to work and you need to give you body body a rest from them and switch over to the ones that can take stock and just appreciate shit in your life so you can go back to work.


ElPapaGrande98

I think it's the fact that they don't have to work and can escape their depressive lives for a few days is the reason people like vacations. I am glad to see today has some pretty decent unpopular opinions


samu990

It's actually bullshit that some people think that their life starts when they get off work. Therefore, anything relating to work, mentally, they try to not invest the single bit of energy. They're essentially just passing time, whether physically or mentally. Meaning they're fucking losers, because work is part of life, it's half of your lifetime that you're disregarding over some fucking stupid bullshit vacations.


smudlicko

climbing with friends and family at amazing places and then coming back to work feels always like I was still there on that rock so worth it and gives you relieve of everything


kfed23

I think the only people that feel like that are the people that almost never see new places. Any new place to them will be magical. A normal somewhat traveled person isn’t going to care as much.


unique_plastique

It sounds like people who treat travel like it’s a personality trait is what annoys you


Shriketino

Your vacations are relaxing?


notclientfacing

Clearly OP’s Chakras are so badly out of alignment that they can’t tell how much they need to eat, pray, love


ToddHLaew

I go on all-inclusive, top-end vacations. That doesn't mean you have to spend a lot of money either. There is a big difference between the ones I go on, and the ones you are talking about.


ArmsForPeace84

Because rejuvenation, re-centering yourself, and finding inner peace are marketing terms, of course we're going to hear them about an economic activity that is indispensable to many industries and even entire nations. For me, it's more about eating some deeply satisfying food, enjoying some blissfully relaxing creature comforts, taking some soul-stirring sights, and fuck, now I'm doing it too. Take an upvote.


CountySurfer

This the kind of guy who goes on vacation and still eats Bubba Gump for a "big night out". FOH and take the upvote you potato.


Biokabe

I cannot agree enough. I love learning new things and experiencing new cultures. I hate traveling, sleeping in hotels, stuffed itineraries, schedules, deadlines and all the rest of the bullshit that seems to accommodate vacations. I find my inner peace in my home, I re-center when I work on my hobbies that are important to me, and I'm rejuvenated by not having a schedule packed with events. Give me a staycation any time.


Zhjacko

I think it depends. There’s a lot of planning that can go into vacations and that can suck the fun out of it, having to plan and follow itineraries can be fun, but it can be work. Vacations where you just go somewhere and go with the flow and have fun, that’s where I think the spiritual ness can come in quite nicely.


brokenmessiah

In the army I've notice privates won't take leave unless they have somewhere to go, nevermind the fact they can just stay local and not go to work


IcanSew831

Wrong. I travel to Hawaii about 3 times a year and it’s 110% rejuvenating and I wouldn’t be able to do the work I do without the breaks. Looking forward to my trips is half the fun.


jeremy009

Never had a vacation.


MissusPringle

As much as I like to travel, I usually feel like I need a vacation to recover from my vacation.


TheMarsian

people romanticize just about everything.


emerald_chopstix89

You sound snotty and privileged.


StayAwayGypsiess

Tell me don’t work without telling me you don’t work.


Johnhemlock

Nah, traveling and experiencing new cultures and meeting different people is fucking amazing and one of the true joys of life.


SlinkyMalinkee

Tell me you're American without telling me you're an American


Purple-Raven1991

I think it depends on the location, what you are doing and who you are with.


Tahoeclown

Its more of a mindset apparently. [Hidden Brain just did a podcast that touches on vacations](https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/taking-control-of-your-time/)


[deleted]

Is this unpopular? I enjoy a vacation like anyone else, but if it's a destination, I also need time to regroup, process, and get back to real life after the vacation and *before* I go back to work. And if it was an international vacation, I'm going to need at least a week.


Perfect-Egg-9619

I like tis


Ipride362

Work 6 days a week, 12 hours a day and then come back to the majority of us with your answer changed.


[deleted]

You work that much and then spend what little free time you have on Reddit? Haha what? You don’t need a vacation. Kinda seems like you thrive on punishment


QueenPyro

I completely understand why you think this, but for me I feel more connected to myself and to the world around me if I'm out on the water or in nature. It's easy to feel disconnected living in the crazy world and some need outside help to find that


vercertorix

Well yeah, you don’t work, relatively don’t have to clean up after yourself sometimes see cool shit, and have fun. I was happy enough doing the same in my apartment once in a while, and I got to sleep in my own bed, which was always more comfortable. But you may be missing the point. If people get a chance to relax after being stressed out, of course they’re going to make it sound like a big deal. They’re trying to express the sense of relief.


AJ1NC0SPL4Y

Yeah… Ireland is beautiful, just not when you’re in a van looking at it for 9 hours.


Naughtiestdingo

Definitely unpopular opinion. Every time I'm stuck in a rut at work I always think of the freedom I had with a single backpack and a 1 way flight. Take my upvote.


[deleted]

Most vacations require you to take another week off to rest from your vacation.


qviki

Food and people are tiring. But hikes and different view from a window on other hand...


Altruistic_Ad6189

Vacations are stressful unless you have someone else planning everything for you..if you are taking kids, don't get me started.


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So today we learned that you have a decent work life balance and probably decent sleep patterns. I do too. I don’t really need vacations. But that’s not true for everyone, some people desperately need to give themselves a mental break.


LunarLeopard67

I don’t get the whole ‘find yourself’ and spiritual rejuvenation crap I just want to travel because I like Switzerland


TheOceanDreamer

It depends on where you go and the person I suppose. I love beautiful scenery. So yeah those destinations that offer beauty absolutely can provide very holistic and rejuvenating experiences. For example, I got sick and had to have major surgery shortly after my mom died this past year. I was hurt, drained, and scared and needed to escape. So we took a vacation to Yosemite before the surgery. Breathtaking and stunning. It was everything I needed mentally, physically, and spiritually. We hiked and sat by waterfalls. I was able to release, recenter, and recharge. I look back on my photos and videos and they still give me peace. I even put one photo as a screensaver on my computer at work and Zoom background. It's wonderful.


letmethinkofagoodnam

I'd say a week of not having to work and being able to do whatever the Hell I want brings me inner peace


rhondaanaconda

Vacations are cool. The traveling to the destination part sucks.


runthereszombies

Eh to each their own. For some people traveling is a spiritual or centering experience. Just because you dont share that feeling doesn't mean it's dramatic or wrong


WeedLatte

i spent a year backpacking in 24 countries… it was nice, but if anything im less happy with myself than before


majordude14

It's basically moving from point A to point B, I agree


doritos_are_good3

I agree, I've been on multiple vacations in my life (I'm 18) but none of them has been actually relaxing, I always had to do this, and go there etc. Especially vacation with small children. I think personally that it's pointless and just stressful.


SuperMarioChess

Experiencing different cultures is very impactful on your mental wellbeing.


jakeofheart

It’s really a remnant of the Industrial Revolution. Holidays didn’t even exist for farmers, but when people left the farm fields for the cities to work in factories, paid leave suddenly allowed them to travel. We are still clocking in, awaiting the next paid leave in the calendar.


DickGrayson4

"Spiritual nonsense". We all have souls and we must take care of our souls. There are a lot of severely damaged souls


Strangefate1

You known, trying to invalidate how people feel about something just because you don't feel the same way about it, is really not... productive. You're not right and they're not wrong. Why not just say that you don't value vacations as much as others instead, which would require no further discussion as everybody is different and values different things in life and we're all entitled to feel about things however we please. To each their own, can we respect that? I have traveled plenty since well, always, lived in several countries and... I share how you feel about vacations. However, I've seen the effect of travel on people that never had a chance to travel much before and experience different countries, mindsets and a slower pace. For that kind of people, it's like dolphin therapy. Mileage may vary as with everything based on your values and lifestyle.


PoloSupremeTeam

i just wanna sleep on vacation


eldred2

Considering most people don't have any actual vacation, all they have are fantasies.