Today we're going to spend just a little time alone on the topics of solitude and vacations. Vacations are often lauded for their restorative effects, but similarly blamed for being more stressful than our day to day life, hence the popular quote, I need a vacation from my vacation. In today's solo episode, we're going to discuss how solitude can restore the mind and spirit.br /

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Table of Contents:br /

00:00 Introbr /

00:50 It's a solo episode this weekbr /

01:10 Icebreaker - What's my favorite smell?br /

02:30 My latest hobbies (DD, Videogames, Podcasting, Ham Radio)br /

09:15 Vacations and Solitudebr /

10:00 Vacation Stylesbr /

11:35 Joshua Tree National Parkbr /

13:10 RV's vs. AirBnBbr /

14:40 The people in the parksbr /

16:20 The solitudebr /

19:00 Lightning Round Questionsbr /

26:35 Happiness Fact (1)br /

27:35 Inspirational Quote (2)br /

29:45 Last Week's Challengebr /

30:20 This Week's Challengebr /

31:20 Closing Thoughtsbr /

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Christopher R. Long and James R. Averill, Solitude: An Exploration of Benefits of Being Alone, pp. 21–44, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1468-5914.00204br /

“I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.” -Albert Einsteinbr /

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