June 18, 2026 • 19 mins
Vacation doesn't always feel like a vacation, but science suggests it's good for us. Samantha combs through some of the research.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Okay, this is Annie and Samantha.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
I'm welcome to stuff I've never told your production of iHeart.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Radio, and welcome to another edition of Happy Hour where
we talk about random things sometimes and with that we
do happy hour ish things. Also, Annie, that means you
(00:31):
are you doing anything happy hour ish?
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Yes? I have some rose.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Today, Rose to go with a rain.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
I know. I feel like I was telling Samantha at
a very productive day and despite the dreary weather, I'm
gonna embrace I was outside and walking all about I'm
gonna embrace it.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Wait, did you wash your car? Because you usually wash
your car when you're when it's raining.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
My car is clean because I gave it such a
thorough washing. Listeners, if you don't know, my car is
like the legend of my street. I never move it.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Google Maps.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
It's been reported twice. So I have to clean it
when it rains because I don't have access to a hose.
It's maybe there's an easier way to do it, but
that is the way I've decided to do it. But
last time I cleaned it a couple months ago has stuck.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Okay, I love to hear it, love to hear it. Yes,
I am drinking my tea and bubble water so that
I can be productive, because if I drink anything adult
beverage rise it makes me a little sleepy. But yes,
we are doing our Happy Hour episode, and before we start,
because we're actually going to be talking about some fun things,
(01:47):
including about vacation, because just to get a little bit
inside of where we are, I am actually going to
be leaving the house my house for a few days
to go and get away from everything a little bit.
It's not like we're going to visit family, but it's
in an area that has a beach and a pool,
(02:08):
and so we get to enjoy some good quality time
with some family members as well as getting some water,
get to see some oceans, eat lots of crabs. I
hope that's the plan. So we're talking a little bit
about taking some time off and how that can help
your stress. But before we actually jump into that, we
want to give you an opportunity to take some time
(02:29):
off and let go of some stress as well by
joining us on a voyage that our friends at Virgin
Voyages are sponsoring this year twenty twenty six October second
through the seventh, where we are going to be doing
Stuff at Sea, which is a five night adults only
sailing trip that brings the Stuff podcasts to life on board. Yes,
(02:54):
you can come and see us record live while we
are on this voyage, and you can see other shows
like Stuff You Should Know and Stuff they Don't Want
You to Know also do their show live. Yes, it's
gonna be a really fun time. Hoping that you can
come and hang out with us if you, like many
of us, need to take a break. This is an
(03:15):
amazing opportunity. We would love for you to join us
on this voyage, So mark that in your calendar, go
to virgin Voyage dot com, slash stuff to get more
information and to go ahead and start planning. Yes, because
that actually helps you too with that. Yeah, So what
am I talking about? I just came across an amazing
(03:36):
video on my for you page on TikTok not a sponsor,
not a sponsor, but I do get a lot of
interesting information. And there was one creator who came on
talking about how vacations and just taking a long weekend
can be really good for you. So this is doctor
Alexis Kennedy who goes by stress decoder strategies on tektok
(03:59):
If you want to go follow her, But she came
on talking about how just going on an overnight week
long weekend trip maybe three to four days, can give
you so much relief in your stress level for up
to forty five days, so it can really actually help
you out as well as help with that burnout that
we've talked about many times. In fact, she said that
(04:23):
the research that they have come across just thinking about
going on a trip, planning, or being excited about going
on trips can actually be a stress reliever as well.
And I found that fascinating because again, I am going
away for a long, long weekend, not a full week,
I guess technically kind of a full week, but like
(04:43):
being able to just get out of the house, drive
a little further away, to see a scenic view that
I don't see every day, and just spend time with
people that I don't often see. I am a little excited,
I'm not like building up and how that actually is
really really good for you. Now we have talked about
previous episodes when women who are oftentimes in charge of
(05:06):
making these magical vacations, they are overwhelmed with stress and
it is not a vacation, so obviously there are two
sides to this coin, and we have to we would
definitely want to acknowledge that. But when it's something that's
just maybe where people are cooperative and helpful and everything
goes as planned, it's nice. It's nice to have that
(05:27):
time away, and I thought I would actually look into
this kind of conversation about why is it and how
does it actually really help. And there's a lot of
other different studies specific to specific groups, so we're not
going to get into those specific groups necessarily, but these
are a few of the ways that actually does help you.
And this is from Jifalgar dot com about the scientifically
(05:50):
proven way that travel helps reduce stress, and it says
one it can help you stay fit and healthy. So
we know when a lot of times people like to
go on to the adventures where they're hiking, where they're
being able to swim, where they're able to walk around.
If you're going to like Europe from the US that
alone you're just walking about, or even Asia and Asian countries,
the amount of walking that you have to do oftentimes
(06:13):
gives a lot more like exercise. I remember, I know,
like every time I hear people talking about going to
Europe or going to Korea South Korea. Even they talk
about how they felt like they had lost so much
weight because even though they were doing a good amount
of eating, the constant walking was always helpful. Right. And
then also for me when I travel, I always try
(06:35):
to find a place that I can go hiking. Yea
and so go too. I have to. So when we
went up to Upstate New York, we went into some
hikes because I needed to see some of the waters.
Apparently there were river otters I did not see any.
I was very sad about that. When we went to Seattle,
we went to Mount Rainier and it was a gorgeous,
gorgeous area. My partner I laughed about the fact that
(06:55):
we went to one of the highest climbs, very underprepared,
one bottle of water, and I'm like, this was not
a smart idea, to the point that we had to
ask some young and I'm like, is it worth the view?
Because if it's not, I'm not going. Mistakes were made,
mistakes were made that way. But when we got back
that hot chocolate, it hit a different way.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Yeah, the post hiking, I deserve some relaxation moment is great.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Whether it's like I need a dessert, I need extra carbs,
or I need alcoholic beverages like it just it's a
whole different level. I'm like, Yes. Another thing they say
helps with is it keeps your mind sharp, and it
tell us about how it helps. It helps you regulate
your emotional stability as well as causing creativity and personal awareness.
(07:49):
I was like, okay, that that does make it like
you have to quickly figure out what you're doing, as
I found out in France when I went on the
wrong train.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Oh they told me like that. In France, I got
yelled at by a conductor once.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Yes, for me, I got lost and went the wrong way.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
I didn't fill out the ticket correctly, and I could
speak in right French, so it's extra emparrasing.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
Oh I could not. I had to have someone to
help me. Here's the thing about that. Even though that
was stressful, Yes, you do have to try to figure
it out. I think one of the biggest I feel
like triumphs is figuring out the subway system for New York.
Even though that one time we went the wrong way
and we ended up in New Jersey. We're fine. I'm
fine with that, but trying to get that when you
(08:37):
actually feel like you've conquered and you know where you're going,
there's some level of accomplishment.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Oh yeah, well it's nice to me. It feels like
the satisfaction you get when you figure out a puzzle. Yeah, yes,
I get this now, I understand.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
Yes, and you're like, oh, this place is gonna take
me here, and this place is this goes this direction,
because that's the part that I I'm afraid going the
wrong way, which again, apparently I struggle with trains. Obviously
subways would be the same thing as the our trains
as well, and they just go two ways, and but
they go the opposite way, so trouble occurs. We've done
that with the buses too. The dude was like, where
is she trying to go? The driver was like, no,
(09:15):
you're on the wrong You've been on the wrong one
for like twenty minutes. Fair enough.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
I hate when you get on the express and it's
too late. You know you're going have to go a
long way before you could correct your mistake. There's nothing
you can do about it.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
Nothing you can do. But when you conquer that and
you realize you know exactly what to do, how to
get on how to use that pass. And look, I
know for many of y'all who do have good public transportation,
you're like, really really for us in Atlanta who just
got our Marta to actually upgrade in some way which
is not even gonna last guarantee, and it doesn't go
(09:50):
outside of like a twenty mile perimeter, So y'all that's
a huge accomplishment. Okay, But yeah, stuff like that does
feel like, oh my god, I get it. I know
what I'm doing, and it does feel good. Another way
(10:14):
vacations help. It helps ward off burnout, So they talk
about how you can actually take time to relax and recharge,
hopefully having those moments. One of the best things in
really getting to a point in understanding how you vacation
is being able to plan around that. So for me,
I make sure I don't have too many activities in
(10:35):
one day so that I can come back and sit,
because if you have too many make me do too
many things, if I have to talk to too many people,
if I have to do too many activities, I'm gonna
crash out and it's gonna feel stressed and I'm gonna
want to, like the next thing, not talk to anybody.
Don't do anything. So for me, I figured out how
this works where I can wake up when I want
to have breakfast at this time, go home and recharge
(10:56):
for a couple of hours, or go to the hotel,
go do your other thing, come back and like not
not crampact. I can't do crampact. That is not my style.
I know some people love that and he's got heart
scheduled down to a te okay, but.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
I've had to learn it's for the best if we
adapt to each other exactly and I do my thing exactly,
you do your thing, and we meet up where later
is best.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
Like the first time, was it the first time or
the second time? We hung out at like a park
and you were like gone. I was like, you know what,
I need to go back to the room for about
two hours. You go do your thing. I'll find you later.
And you're like okay. But knowing that you are very
like able to be alone, you are able to You've
got your plans and it didn't hurt your feelings for
(11:45):
me to be like I need to go lay down. No.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
In fact, it's a situation where I do love to
share things with people, but it's not fun sharing things
with people if they're miserable.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
So you would rather me tell you I need to
rest rather than be miserable whole time and making you
miserable and anxious.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
Yeah, being like anxious that you're not having fun. I
would rather you tell me what you want to need
go do that.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
Yeah, sometimes I'm down.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
The things that I really want you to do with me,
I will tell you. Yes, yes that I think that
you would also, SIMI like.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
But also I think you and I had like a
moment of like, Okay, these are the things I can do,
so let's do it up here like we made you
to plant it out. Yes, So being able to communicate
and work that out is good. I again like you,
if you can figure that out, it does really help
you to recharge. I know that sometimes I just want
to sit in a beautiful sceny, beautiful scenery, like one
(12:46):
one for because my birthday. I for some reason, I
love traveling and getting out and doing things. That's kind
of my thing. And like one birthday, we just went
up in the woods and all I want to do
is sit by the water and hang out. That's just it.
That's all I wanted to do. And it was lovely.
It made me very happy. That's a great time to me.
(13:08):
Another thing that this article says is a big mood
booster that found that after just three days on a holiday,
the participants quality of sleep, mood, and physical complaints had
all improved, so literally just three days. Sometimes it doesn't
feel like enough when you enjoy it too much, when
you're enjoying it so much, rather that like you want more.
(13:29):
But just having that moment to step away, to truly
step away, it does. It kind of makes you feel refreshed.
I remember during COVID when we weren't traveling and I
just felt so stuck and like a little bit claustrophobic
because we hadn't gone anywhere, we hadn't done anything, we
hadn't seen too many people. I would turn on the
TV of like vacation sites. To that point, my partner
(13:53):
would download vacation sites on his VR system so I
could sit out and pretend like I was there.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
I remember that the VR stage of the COVID lockdown.
I remember that I just needed it.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
I just needed to be able to like pretend like
I was stepping away. Another of the way that it
helps it shakes up your routine and offers a new
perspective being able to see different types of landscape. It
really does feel so wholesome and recharging, like going through
the woods of Washington State versus wait, like because we
(14:33):
have tons of trees here in Georgia. But it's different.
It is completely different. Obviously, the landscape is different, the
looks are different, the like the mountains are different, the
architecture is different. So just having that just being changed.
So one of the best decisions that we did was
to rent a car and to drive through from Portland
to Mount Rainier and just being able to see the
(14:56):
sites that was completely different. Like I get nervous sometimes
obviously driving, but it was such a nice change.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
Yeah, I think that's one of the things I love
about traveling is there is a big kind of upfront
stress for me because you know you're going to a
new place, You're thinking about the logistics and all of that.
But when you get there and you see all of
these new things just kind of revives me. It kind
(15:24):
of wakes up my brain. It's like, oh, I've never
seen like I remember the first time I was driving
to like the west of the United States. I never
seen like nature like that, And it was beautiful and
I still think about it. So I do think that
having that having those moments of like, oh wow, this
(15:46):
is so different from where I where I.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Am, Yeah, yeah it does, it does, and what it
actually helps improve your productivity and creativity later, Like it
kind of shakes you up and gives you a different perspective.
I think that all the time when you're like you
feel like you're in a rut or you're in limbo
because you can't think of what you need to do
next because we've done this for that episode of that
idea is we're like, oh my god, what we gonna do?
(16:11):
What are we gonna do? And then being able to
take adventures or just step away and seeing letting it go.
Oftentimes it helps revamp something or whether it's like coming
back to old hobbies and realizing, oh you haven't talked
about this or or do it just or how much
I used to love this, Like it's such a nice
change up when you can just let it go because
(16:32):
you're not so intensely focused on productivity that that productivity
kind of comes along later. I love that. I miss that.
I need that obviously, and with that, yes, we want
you to take time. Whether again it's like just a
three day weekend where you take off to go up
(16:53):
the road, up the up the state or downstate and
go visit your local areas, like the in state vacations.
We have Savannah and that's not too far away from us,
which has some different scenery, familiar because we've been there before.
I've been there before, but still different. And it's nice
to see going to like Charleston, which is not too
(17:15):
far again, we're going to visit family down at the beach,
so it'll be nice to get to there and to
have a moment to separate and seeing people have fun
on the beaches. Hopefully you know, not all the time,
but you know, for this time, get to eat crabs,
local shrimp.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
Got to keep me updated.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
I need this any.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
I am very happy for you, and I do want
to know about the seafood you eat. I will be
very jealous.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
Well, we need to come back because I know, like
we haven't gone to get oysters in a while. It's
a long time. We got to make up for that.
But yeah, so for you our listeners, who I know
have been probably overstressed as well. I hope that you
are able to take that time to give yourself some
recharging and then yeah, if you have some time in
(18:09):
October and want to come hang with us on a voyage,
go to virgin Voyage dot com slash stuff, get some
more information and come hang out with us.
Speaker 2 (18:19):
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So yes, come hang out with us. You can email
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(18:41):
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Speaker 1 (19:05):
Yeah
Okay, this is Annie and Samantha.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
I'm welcome to stuff I've never told your production of iHeart.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Radio, and welcome to another edition of Happy Hour where
we talk about random things sometimes and with that we
do happy hour ish things. Also, Annie, that means you
(00:31):
are you doing anything happy hour ish?
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Yes? I have some rose.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Today, Rose to go with a rain.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
I know. I feel like I was telling Samantha at
a very productive day and despite the dreary weather, I'm
gonna embrace I was outside and walking all about I'm
gonna embrace it.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Wait, did you wash your car? Because you usually wash
your car when you're when it's raining.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
My car is clean because I gave it such a
thorough washing. Listeners, if you don't know, my car is
like the legend of my street. I never move it.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Google Maps.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
It's been reported twice. So I have to clean it
when it rains because I don't have access to a hose.
It's maybe there's an easier way to do it, but
that is the way I've decided to do it. But
last time I cleaned it a couple months ago has stuck.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Okay, I love to hear it, love to hear it. Yes,
I am drinking my tea and bubble water so that
I can be productive, because if I drink anything adult
beverage rise it makes me a little sleepy. But yes,
we are doing our Happy Hour episode, and before we start,
because we're actually going to be talking about some fun things,
(01:47):
including about vacation, because just to get a little bit
inside of where we are, I am actually going to
be leaving the house my house for a few days
to go and get away from everything a little bit.
It's not like we're going to visit family, but it's
in an area that has a beach and a pool,
(02:08):
and so we get to enjoy some good quality time
with some family members as well as getting some water,
get to see some oceans, eat lots of crabs. I
hope that's the plan. So we're talking a little bit
about taking some time off and how that can help
your stress. But before we actually jump into that, we
want to give you an opportunity to take some time
(02:29):
off and let go of some stress as well by
joining us on a voyage that our friends at Virgin
Voyages are sponsoring this year twenty twenty six October second
through the seventh, where we are going to be doing
Stuff at Sea, which is a five night adults only
sailing trip that brings the Stuff podcasts to life on board. Yes,
(02:54):
you can come and see us record live while we
are on this voyage, and you can see other shows
like Stuff You Should Know and Stuff they Don't Want
You to Know also do their show live. Yes, it's
gonna be a really fun time. Hoping that you can
come and hang out with us if you, like many
of us, need to take a break. This is an
(03:15):
amazing opportunity. We would love for you to join us
on this voyage, So mark that in your calendar, go
to virgin Voyage dot com, slash stuff to get more
information and to go ahead and start planning. Yes, because
that actually helps you too with that. Yeah, So what
am I talking about? I just came across an amazing
(03:36):
video on my for you page on TikTok not a sponsor,
not a sponsor, but I do get a lot of
interesting information. And there was one creator who came on
talking about how vacations and just taking a long weekend
can be really good for you. So this is doctor
Alexis Kennedy who goes by stress decoder strategies on tektok
(03:59):
If you want to go follow her, But she came
on talking about how just going on an overnight week
long weekend trip maybe three to four days, can give
you so much relief in your stress level for up
to forty five days, so it can really actually help
you out as well as help with that burnout that
we've talked about many times. In fact, she said that
(04:23):
the research that they have come across just thinking about
going on a trip, planning, or being excited about going
on trips can actually be a stress reliever as well.
And I found that fascinating because again, I am going
away for a long, long weekend, not a full week,
I guess technically kind of a full week, but like
(04:43):
being able to just get out of the house, drive
a little further away, to see a scenic view that
I don't see every day, and just spend time with
people that I don't often see. I am a little excited,
I'm not like building up and how that actually is
really really good for you. Now we have talked about
previous episodes when women who are oftentimes in charge of
(05:06):
making these magical vacations, they are overwhelmed with stress and
it is not a vacation, so obviously there are two
sides to this coin, and we have to we would
definitely want to acknowledge that. But when it's something that's
just maybe where people are cooperative and helpful and everything
goes as planned, it's nice. It's nice to have that
(05:27):
time away, and I thought I would actually look into
this kind of conversation about why is it and how
does it actually really help. And there's a lot of
other different studies specific to specific groups, so we're not
going to get into those specific groups necessarily, but these
are a few of the ways that actually does help you.
And this is from Jifalgar dot com about the scientifically
(05:50):
proven way that travel helps reduce stress, and it says
one it can help you stay fit and healthy. So
we know when a lot of times people like to
go on to the adventures where they're hiking, where they're
being able to swim, where they're able to walk around.
If you're going to like Europe from the US that
alone you're just walking about, or even Asia and Asian countries,
the amount of walking that you have to do oftentimes
(06:13):
gives a lot more like exercise. I remember, I know,
like every time I hear people talking about going to
Europe or going to Korea South Korea. Even they talk
about how they felt like they had lost so much
weight because even though they were doing a good amount
of eating, the constant walking was always helpful. Right. And
then also for me when I travel, I always try
(06:35):
to find a place that I can go hiking. Yea
and so go too. I have to. So when we
went up to Upstate New York, we went into some
hikes because I needed to see some of the waters.
Apparently there were river otters I did not see any.
I was very sad about that. When we went to Seattle,
we went to Mount Rainier and it was a gorgeous,
gorgeous area. My partner I laughed about the fact that
(06:55):
we went to one of the highest climbs, very underprepared,
one bottle of water, and I'm like, this was not
a smart idea, to the point that we had to
ask some young and I'm like, is it worth the view?
Because if it's not, I'm not going. Mistakes were made,
mistakes were made that way. But when we got back
that hot chocolate, it hit a different way.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Yeah, the post hiking, I deserve some relaxation moment is great.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Whether it's like I need a dessert, I need extra carbs,
or I need alcoholic beverages like it just it's a
whole different level. I'm like, Yes. Another thing they say
helps with is it keeps your mind sharp, and it
tell us about how it helps. It helps you regulate
your emotional stability as well as causing creativity and personal awareness.
(07:49):
I was like, okay, that that does make it like
you have to quickly figure out what you're doing, as
I found out in France when I went on the
wrong train.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Oh they told me like that. In France, I got
yelled at by a conductor once.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Yes, for me, I got lost and went the wrong way.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
I didn't fill out the ticket correctly, and I could
speak in right French, so it's extra emparrasing.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
Oh I could not. I had to have someone to
help me. Here's the thing about that. Even though that
was stressful, Yes, you do have to try to figure
it out. I think one of the biggest I feel
like triumphs is figuring out the subway system for New York.
Even though that one time we went the wrong way
and we ended up in New Jersey. We're fine. I'm
fine with that, but trying to get that when you
(08:37):
actually feel like you've conquered and you know where you're going,
there's some level of accomplishment.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Oh yeah, well it's nice to me. It feels like
the satisfaction you get when you figure out a puzzle. Yeah, yes,
I get this now, I understand.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
Yes, and you're like, oh, this place is gonna take
me here, and this place is this goes this direction,
because that's the part that I I'm afraid going the
wrong way, which again, apparently I struggle with trains. Obviously
subways would be the same thing as the our trains
as well, and they just go two ways, and but
they go the opposite way, so trouble occurs. We've done
that with the buses too. The dude was like, where
is she trying to go? The driver was like, no,
(09:15):
you're on the wrong You've been on the wrong one
for like twenty minutes. Fair enough.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
I hate when you get on the express and it's
too late. You know you're going have to go a
long way before you could correct your mistake. There's nothing
you can do about it.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
Nothing you can do. But when you conquer that and
you realize you know exactly what to do, how to
get on how to use that pass. And look, I
know for many of y'all who do have good public transportation,
you're like, really really for us in Atlanta who just
got our Marta to actually upgrade in some way which
is not even gonna last guarantee, and it doesn't go
(09:50):
outside of like a twenty mile perimeter, So y'all that's
a huge accomplishment. Okay, But yeah, stuff like that does
feel like, oh my god, I get it. I know
what I'm doing, and it does feel good. Another way
(10:14):
vacations help. It helps ward off burnout, So they talk
about how you can actually take time to relax and recharge,
hopefully having those moments. One of the best things in
really getting to a point in understanding how you vacation
is being able to plan around that. So for me,
I make sure I don't have too many activities in
(10:35):
one day so that I can come back and sit,
because if you have too many make me do too
many things, if I have to talk to too many people,
if I have to do too many activities, I'm gonna
crash out and it's gonna feel stressed and I'm gonna
want to, like the next thing, not talk to anybody.
Don't do anything. So for me, I figured out how
this works where I can wake up when I want
to have breakfast at this time, go home and recharge
(10:56):
for a couple of hours, or go to the hotel,
go do your other thing, come back and like not
not crampact. I can't do crampact. That is not my style.
I know some people love that and he's got heart
scheduled down to a te okay, but.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
I've had to learn it's for the best if we
adapt to each other exactly and I do my thing exactly,
you do your thing, and we meet up where later
is best.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
Like the first time, was it the first time or
the second time? We hung out at like a park
and you were like gone. I was like, you know what,
I need to go back to the room for about
two hours. You go do your thing. I'll find you later.
And you're like okay. But knowing that you are very
like able to be alone, you are able to You've
got your plans and it didn't hurt your feelings for
(11:45):
me to be like I need to go lay down. No.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
In fact, it's a situation where I do love to
share things with people, but it's not fun sharing things
with people if they're miserable.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
So you would rather me tell you I need to
rest rather than be miserable whole time and making you
miserable and anxious.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
Yeah, being like anxious that you're not having fun. I
would rather you tell me what you want to need
go do that.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
Yeah, sometimes I'm down.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
The things that I really want you to do with me,
I will tell you. Yes, yes that I think that
you would also, SIMI like.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
But also I think you and I had like a
moment of like, Okay, these are the things I can do,
so let's do it up here like we made you
to plant it out. Yes, So being able to communicate
and work that out is good. I again like you,
if you can figure that out, it does really help
you to recharge. I know that sometimes I just want
to sit in a beautiful sceny, beautiful scenery, like one
(12:46):
one for because my birthday. I for some reason, I
love traveling and getting out and doing things. That's kind
of my thing. And like one birthday, we just went
up in the woods and all I want to do
is sit by the water and hang out. That's just it.
That's all I wanted to do. And it was lovely.
It made me very happy. That's a great time to me.
(13:08):
Another thing that this article says is a big mood
booster that found that after just three days on a holiday,
the participants quality of sleep, mood, and physical complaints had
all improved, so literally just three days. Sometimes it doesn't
feel like enough when you enjoy it too much, when
you're enjoying it so much, rather that like you want more.
(13:29):
But just having that moment to step away, to truly
step away, it does. It kind of makes you feel refreshed.
I remember during COVID when we weren't traveling and I
just felt so stuck and like a little bit claustrophobic
because we hadn't gone anywhere, we hadn't done anything, we
hadn't seen too many people. I would turn on the
TV of like vacation sites. To that point, my partner
(13:53):
would download vacation sites on his VR system so I
could sit out and pretend like I was there.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
I remember that the VR stage of the COVID lockdown.
I remember that I just needed it.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
I just needed to be able to like pretend like
I was stepping away. Another of the way that it
helps it shakes up your routine and offers a new
perspective being able to see different types of landscape. It
really does feel so wholesome and recharging, like going through
the woods of Washington State versus wait, like because we
(14:33):
have tons of trees here in Georgia. But it's different.
It is completely different. Obviously, the landscape is different, the
looks are different, the like the mountains are different, the
architecture is different. So just having that just being changed.
So one of the best decisions that we did was
to rent a car and to drive through from Portland
to Mount Rainier and just being able to see the
(14:56):
sites that was completely different. Like I get nervous sometimes
obviously driving, but it was such a nice change.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
Yeah, I think that's one of the things I love
about traveling is there is a big kind of upfront
stress for me because you know you're going to a
new place, You're thinking about the logistics and all of that.
But when you get there and you see all of
these new things just kind of revives me. It kind
(15:24):
of wakes up my brain. It's like, oh, I've never
seen like I remember the first time I was driving
to like the west of the United States. I never
seen like nature like that, And it was beautiful and
I still think about it. So I do think that
having that having those moments of like, oh wow, this
(15:46):
is so different from where I where I.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Am, Yeah, yeah it does, it does, and what it
actually helps improve your productivity and creativity later, Like it
kind of shakes you up and gives you a different perspective.
I think that all the time when you're like you
feel like you're in a rut or you're in limbo
because you can't think of what you need to do
next because we've done this for that episode of that
idea is we're like, oh my god, what we gonna do?
(16:11):
What are we gonna do? And then being able to
take adventures or just step away and seeing letting it go.
Oftentimes it helps revamp something or whether it's like coming
back to old hobbies and realizing, oh you haven't talked
about this or or do it just or how much
I used to love this, Like it's such a nice
change up when you can just let it go because
(16:32):
you're not so intensely focused on productivity that that productivity
kind of comes along later. I love that. I miss that.
I need that obviously, and with that, yes, we want
you to take time. Whether again it's like just a
three day weekend where you take off to go up
(16:53):
the road, up the up the state or downstate and
go visit your local areas, like the in state vacations.
We have Savannah and that's not too far away from us,
which has some different scenery, familiar because we've been there before.
I've been there before, but still different. And it's nice
to see going to like Charleston, which is not too
(17:15):
far again, we're going to visit family down at the beach,
so it'll be nice to get to there and to
have a moment to separate and seeing people have fun
on the beaches. Hopefully you know, not all the time,
but you know, for this time, get to eat crabs,
local shrimp.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
Got to keep me updated.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
I need this any.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
I am very happy for you, and I do want
to know about the seafood you eat. I will be
very jealous.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
Well, we need to come back because I know, like
we haven't gone to get oysters in a while. It's
a long time. We got to make up for that.
But yeah, so for you our listeners, who I know
have been probably overstressed as well. I hope that you
are able to take that time to give yourself some
recharging and then yeah, if you have some time in
(18:09):
October and want to come hang with us on a voyage,
go to virgin Voyage dot com slash stuff, get some
more information and come hang out with us.
Speaker 2 (18:19):
Yes, we're pretty fun. Despite our topics, we're pretty fun,
So yes, come hang out with us. You can email
us in the meantime at Hello at Stuffmanenever told You
dot com. You can find us on Blue Scott Mom
Stuff podcast or on Instagram and TikTok at stuff won
(18:41):
Never told You. We're also on YouTube. We have some
merchandise at coom hero and we have a book can
get where if you get your books. Thanks is always
to our superroducer Casey and our executive producer Maya.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
Thank you, and thanks to.
Speaker 2 (18:52):
You for listening. Stuff Whenever Told You is production by
Heart Radio. For more podcasts from my heart Radio, you
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