It’s a peace of mind vacation, not where you are, that matters. It’s a state of inner calmness and tranquility, together with a sense of freedom, when thoughts and worries cease, and there is no stress, strain or fear. Totally disengaged from cell phones, emails, not going away but going inside.

At restaurants, your backyard, beaches, strolling your neighborhood — it’s what’s in your mind’s eye that can be a real vacation; a “psy-cation.”

When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods