Stressed? These 10 blissfully serene places offer the perfect escape
The Sydney Morning Herald · Emma Thomson, Julietta Jameson, Ben Groundwater ·
In the age of phone addiction and constant productivity, this could be your best next holiday.
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Emails. Phone calls. Appointments. Passwords. Protein. Water. Eight hours of sleep. Our lives have become a relentless pursuit of doing – and doing everything better. Even travelling can become a to-do list of bucket-list experiences, country counts and Instagrammable moments.
The antidote? The “stillcation”. Although laughably named, this new way of holidaying pushes back against our culture of constant productivity and self-improvement. It’s not necessarily yoga at sunrise or a silent meditation retreat, although it can be. More simply, it’s about the absence of agenda. Of stripping life back to its essentials: good food, beautiful views, fresh air and anchoring yourself in the present moment. Instead of seeking destinations that offer the most to do, it asks where offers the best conditions for doing less.
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