Why Most Vacations Don’t Actually Feel Restful

A quiet garden pathway behind the China Pavilion at EPCOT, where a man stands surrounded by lush greenery and reflective stillness, capturing the slower, more restful side of travel.

Most vacations are planned around escape.But very few are designed around recovery. Somewhere along the way, we started confusing “going somewhere” with actually resting. We book flights, stack itineraries, make restaurant reservations months in advance, wake up earlier than we do at home, and call it relaxation simply because it’s happening somewhere prettier. And then […]