How many times do you hear yourself say I need a vacation!? Your life is busy with routines – work, school, laundry, bringing the kids to all of their activities, so its no wonder that you feel hassled, stressed or on a running wheel that you cant seem to get off of. Maybe your job seems boring, or your daily schedule seems endlessly tiring. You tell yourself you need a vacation, or convince yourself that you just need to get away from it all. But guess what? Its all there when you come back, and all of that blissful feeling of well being ends in the first meeting at work, or even in the first hectic morning back in the routine.
I remember the first time I heard A change is as good as a rest. They werent wise words from my parents, or part of an expensive motivational seminar I heard it on a cartoon that my children were watching. It has stayed with me ever since, and I have put it to work in my life when I have felt tired, stressed or just plain bored.
For some people, just the word change can be stressful. They associate it with major events, like having to get a new job, a household move or an event that requires a major effort on their...