The Daily Swell
@daily · 4:11
National Plan a Vacation Day: Study says the happiest point of a vacation is the planning Agree/Disagree?
And often I plan a lot of active vacations, whether that's skiing, rock climbing, hiking, something that's active, that gets me up in the morning and then gets me to bed early as well. So I'm getting enough sleep during that vacation, I think is something that helps. So in actuality, the more stress that I have is in actually planning a vacation because the planning part is really making sure that I don't have that stress
Angela Kaye
@AnngieKaye · 1:52
I definitely agree with this. I would think that the planning of the vacation, the anticipation leading up to the vacation, and even sharing the vacation photos seems to be the most satisfying, or rather more satisfying than the vacation itself. You mentioned the 06:00 a.m., flights, and I've done that more often than not only to regret it
Tanya Coles
@MsColes77 · 2:48
So we spent a great deal of that time in Miami airport, walking up and down the terminals because they kept changing our gates over and over again. But we finally made it home and everything. Now, I've had flights that were canceled at the last minute when I was in California. They canceled my flight for absolutely some unknown reason
phil spade
@Phil · 2:53
I'm so glad you responded because I was thinking of your story when I was talking about that 06:00 a.m., flight. And that just happens so often. And even though I know better, even though I do the math of, hey, I have to get up at 04:00 a.m. And every time I've booked a flight like that, when that alarm goes off for 04:00 a.m. I immediately say, why in the heck did I do this?
Angela Kaye
@AnngieKaye · 0:34
And so I think, you know what? Maybe once a month I'll just go online and plan a whole vacation, and I never actually have to pay for it or take it just to get that nice dopamine rush. Good suggestion. Thanks
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
phil spade
@Phil · 2:44
And that's what I was talking about in the original post is really trying to make sure that when I plan these things that I'm thinking through every single detail and am I really going to want to do this and really kind of avoiding those pitfalls, I think is the key to not having a stressful vacation. But that's such a great example. I mean, that just really kind of puts an exclamation point on it, so thank you