The most relaxing vacation you can take is going nowhere
I think everyone vacations for a different reason. For instance, I&#x27;m leaving on a two week vacation around Ireland Monday. Sure staying at home would have been &quot;less stressful&quot; - in the sense I have less to worry about, but I&#x27;m not taking a vacation to reduce risk.<p>I think life is about experiences. I&#x27;ve worked in different roles, lived in different places, traveled around, because that&#x27;s what I enjoy. By moving around and seeing different walks of life, you learn to empathize and understand others. You come back to work with a different perspective.<p>In fact, I view stress itself as a perspective problem. I will be more relaxed on my vacation (even though I&#x27;m traveling with my 6 month old son) because I simply won&#x27;t worry about the mundane. It&#x27;s going to be good food, company, and sights. I see no reason it would be less stressful at home.<p>Now, I have also taken &quot;staycations&quot; - and I love them as well, often I get stuff done around the house, or just chill on my bed all day. It&#x27;s a different flavor, but I don&#x27;t find it any less stressful or more enjoyable. I think, in part, it&#x27;s what ever you (and those around you) view as relaxing and vacations.