I thought it was normal to come home from vacation feeling worse. Then I changed how I travel.

Maria Laposata and her husband took a year off to travel; she found two-week vacations difficult when they got back.

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• After a yearlong trip with her husband, Maria Laposata realized that she hated two-week vacations.
• She found that returning from shorter trips left her feeling worse than when she left.
• She and her husband opted for a monthlong working trip instead — their first was to France.

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