Why You Deserve a Workation

Do you ever mistakenly take an all-nighter and wonder where the time has gone? Is your daily routine feeling repetitive and uninspired? It might be time for you to take a work vacation (commonly known as a workation, to some).  Workations are great vacation options for singles and young professionals who want to explore the …

Vacation and detox

5 Ways to Improve Your Focus With Physical Activity

Vacations are important. Even if they are spent close to home. There is a science of optimizing vacations,  and the detachment they offer. The optimization goes way beyond the trivial “spend less see more” idea into the area of the best experiences for your brain. More reading here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. …

Get Inspired by Nature: 5 Things in New Zealand That Will Blow Your Mind

My honeymoon was in New Zealand. We spent a month in the most wonderful locations I have ever seen, doing extreme sports and relaxed hikes. It was the best vacation of my life. So I wanted to write about it for a while.  But nowadays New Zealand is a dream. Imagine my surprise when I …

Activities You Can Do With Your Kids And Get Your Body Moving

If you’ve been cooped up at home with your kids, it can get hard to get through the day. The kids might be happy to sit around and play with toys or watch TV, but you’d all feel a bit better if you got yourselves moving. I know I always feel better when I get …

Leveraging staycation to boost productivity and creativity

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Occasionally the best vacation we can get is a staycation. We can still get most of the benefits of expensive travel at a fraction of the cost. I address here the staycation we choose for ourselves. For COVID19 staycation reading here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. When staycation is recommended During …