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One secret to happiness is knowing when to give yourself a break. And now it’s vacation time for me. I’m off! Back in a week. Do you have trouble taking vacations? I always work during vacations, because I love to work, but I do take a break from certain kinds of work. How about you?
Further Secrets of Adulthood: This is very true, in my experience. If I do a little work during a vacation, say, I enjoy myself more. Also, studies show that interrupting a pleasant experience with something less pleasant can intensify your over-all pleasure. For example, surprisingly, commercials actually make TV-watching more fun, and interrupting a massage heightens the pleasure it …
Good-bye! I’m off for a week’s vacation. Do you ever feel as if it’s more work to take a holiday than it would be just to stay home in your usual routine? I’m in that stage right now, but I know I’ll be happy once vacation starts. As I’m getting ready to leave, I’m reminding myself of my Secrets of …
Good-bye, I’m off for vacation! Right now, I’m in that stage where it feels like so much work to get away, I’d rather just stay home. But I’m sure once we’re underway, I’ll be glad we undertook it. As I’m getting ready to leave, I’m reminding myself of my Secrets of Adulthood for family vacations: Less is more. Start early …
I just got back from a very nice week’s vacation. While I was away, I tried an experiment on myself, which turned out very successfully. I’d been intrigued by studies suggesting that interrupting a pleasant experience with something less pleasant can intensify a person’s overall pleasure. For example, surprisingly, commercials actually make TV-watching more fun. Interrupting a massage heightens the …
