Comments on: Why You Can’t Afford Not To Take a Vacation

By: Alex Fayle

Alex Fayle — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:32:05 +0000

@Dave & Deb
No apology necessary – it happens.

By: Dave and Deb

Dave and Deb — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:34:51 +0000

Hi Alex, sorry for putting up the wrong name in our roundup, it is fixed now. I apologize deeply.

By: What We Have Been Reading Lately | The Planet D: Around the World Adventure Couple

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:17:33 +0000

[...] week and what better time for us to find a post at Sharing Travel Experiences by DeeAnne White. Why You Can’t Afford Not to Take Travel is a post that I will have to send my non-travel friends to explain why I travel. Everyone travels [...]

By: Alex Fayle

Alex Fayle — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:39:51 +0000

@Nico
Yes exactly – the word “safe” needs to tossed out the window. Of course that doesn’t mean a holiday in a warzone, but the past decade in the US there’s been such a culture of fear that people feel leaving their living room is unsafe and that anything that breaks the routine is unsafe.

It’s time to get unsafe!

By: AirTreks Nico

AirTreks Nico — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:03:44 +0000

There’s a quote I love: The biggest regrets you have in life are not what you do, but what you don’t. And I think this post speaks to that idea. I think people tolerate their life’s routines because they’re painless and happen without fear. Traveling takes you out of your comfort zone a lot. But with good results.

The thing people who don’t travel need to learn is that while their routines are safe, they don’t allow for growth. Which after all is what life is for, right? If traveling does nothing else, it will teach you to grow.

By: Alex Fayle

Alex Fayle — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:39:36 +0000

@Dave & Deb
Yes, that is too bad about your friend who can’t relax, especially in such a stressful business environment. Thanks for sending her the link! I think some people get so caught up in fast-fast-fast that they’re afraid to slow down because if they do they believe they’ll not be able to pick up the pace again.

By: Dave and Deb

Dave and Deb — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:06:00 +0000

Excellent Advice. I was staying at a friends place last week for our final week in Toronto before we leave for India. She is a freelancer in the film business and it just so happens that she was off for the week that we were there.
After just a couple of days she told me that she is ready to go back to work. She is constantly stressed out and can’t relax.
She has another season on a hit TV series starting up in less than a month that will give her 10 months of work where she will be working 12 hours days! And yet, she couldn’t sit back and smell the roses and enjoy her time off between projects. I found it so sad.
I am going to send her the link to that Freelancer Vacation clinic. I know so many people that should go there:)

By: Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome

Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:47:26 +0000

Gray:

I lived for a few years on autopilot and can tell you, it was horrible. I can’t imagine my whole life that way!

By: Gray

Gray — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:37:39 +0000

Great article! You are so right about people needing to travel (and yet so many don’t even realize it). I especially liked this: “For anyone who’s living in a routine for any length of time, they begin to pay no attention to the things and people around them, taking for granted or totally being unaware of their surroundings. They live without thinking and engage the autopilot.” Absolutely true. And imagine living your whole life on autopilot. Scary.

By: Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome

Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:11:57 +0000

@Jennifer
Glad to help! I hope the article pulls this person off the couch and propels her into a vacation!

@Andy
We’ll always regret not doing things (because there are so many awesome options to choose from!) but that regret should come from too many choices, rather than not making any decisions and not taking action.