What’s so great about a vacation? Most people live their lives in order to take one. It becomes really, after the kids and that ultimate vacation called retirement, the most important day-to-day motivating factor in their lives (well sex has to be up there on the list, but the vacation is usually viewed as an enhancement mechanism). But what do most of our vacations end up being? I would venture to say a waste of time. Why? Because of this idea in our heads that vacations are meant to be a time of severe self-indulgence. And, truth be told, that never leads to a very high level of fulfillment. I would put forth the proposition (based on experience) that the more self-indulging our vacations are, the less fulfilling they are. Our vacation becomes something we need a while back home to “recover from.” So why not look at the vacation from an entirely different paradigm….a learning paradigm. That is, make your vacation an opportunity to enhance your knowledge and experience of a part of the world you aren’t that familiar with. Maybe it’s a different culture. Maybe it is an opportunity to learn that there is a natural world out there to be marveled at and protected. Maybe it is to learn a little about history, geography, or how to live a more sustainable life…how to get by with less since the people you experience on your vacation seem to be doing it. Maybe, like Liz Gilbert in Eat, Pray, Love, there is some spiritual element that you could discover. Or, you could learn to say a few words in a different tongue. There are countless opportunities available in almost any vacation venue you can imagine that is outside your normal sphere of experience. Of course, I come at all this with a bit of bias about Costa Rica, but Costa Rica is just one out of thousands of vacation learning opportunities. Interested in learning more? You can always contact me at Package Costa Rica, but try to seek out opportunities and experiences that are about a bit more than just being pampered. After all, don’t we receive a bit too much of that as it is?
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