Use Your Vacation Days and Go To Stowe, Vermont

Vacations are a beautiful thing; restorative, relaxing, educational, and exciting forms of self-care and exploration that expose us to new cultures, places, and ideas. In 2020, taking a vacation has become more challenging for reasons nobody needs to be reminded of. For those very reasons, I urge you to try and take one if you have the means.

At times, it can feel like we’re obligated to be grateful just to have the privilege to work. By every measure, employment at this moment is a privilege. But there is a law of diminishing returns that comes into play at a certain point where the quality and quantity of work you’re capable of producing no longer reflects who you are. A moment when your mind and body no longer function in a harmoniously productive state. That’s when you need to listen to the warning signs you’re subconsciously sending to yourself. That’s when you need to take a break and go somewhere safe that makes you happy.

Suppose you happen to live in America and face the reality of being physically incapable of leaving the country, or are simply frightened to board a metallic tube with dozens of strangers, inhaling recycled air for hours on end. In that case, I suggest you drive to Vermont. Specifically, the small town of Stowe, Vermont, and to be even more specific, Edson Hill, a completely affordable and out of this world…