7 Good Minutes: Extra - The Small Trip: Get a Little Vacation Feeling Every Week

The good feeling from a vacation usually fades within about a week of getting home. Three of the things that helped create it can come back in smaller doses: something to look forward to, something new and time outside.

This practice is called the Small Trip. Pick a one- or two-hour window this week. Choose a place that's new to you, or one you haven't visited in a long time, and outdoors if you can, like the trail you always drive past or a park across town. Then put it on the calendar today and tell the people you live with, so everyone has a few days of something good coming.

When the day arrives, keep it easy, with no packed schedule and no goal. If the whole family can't go, an hour on your own still counts. Before the week is over, pick the next one.


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