Sitting on the beach reading books is just the thing for some people

lanning for a holiday is usually part of the fun for me, but largely skipping the research and reviews on a recent trip to Costa Rica was surprisingly refreshing.
Arriving without a bunch of expectations and a long list of things to see and do and accomplish wasn't entirely premeditated. I ran out of time, and since the mate I was one time travelling with is a native Spanish speaker, I felt great about being able to resolve those inevitable travel snafus. Also, they did book hotels a couple of weeks in advance. (I probably would have melted in to a puddle of anxiety otherwise).
They did a lot -- zip lining, snorkeling, bird watching, tarantula spotting, sitting on the beach -- but without that gnawing sense of missing something important. Ignorance might indeed be bliss.


The term, adopted from structural engineering, refers to the ability to bend or change, but not break, under pressure.
I employed a tiny of that when I figured out soon after they got off the plane in San Jose that of the places we'd picked to visit were not in fact within day-trip distance of each other, but actually hours apart by truck and boat. (Everything looked close on the map. This is where reading up and carefully mapping things out comes in handy.)
Strong connections with relatives and friends and significant and positive experiences bolster resiliency. Your stress response, an alert to threats that spurs you to action, is and a key part, Fricchione said.
The stress response is essential, but it burns lots of energy, so avoiding stressors is part of what is restorative about holiday.
In the event you need a restful trip, ask yourself "what's a nonthreatening and socially supporting and significant and positive experience for me to have? And it would be different for different people," Fricchione said.
Sitting on the beach reading books is the thing for some people. For people with highly active, risk-taking personalities that don't satisfy that side of themselves at work, an adventure trip can be very fulfilling.