[Eddy_Viscosity2]

I'm also feeling done with traveling. I pre-pandemic traveled a lot for work and they were mostly (not all, but mostly) good experiences that I looked for forward too. After the pandemic the work travel never really re-asserted itself to the same level. On the rarer occasions I do travel now I find the process of it more hassle: fewer or no airline perks, longer lineups and more waiting at airports, entry lineups, and just so much more hassle at every step. The experiences are less enjoyable too as many places just feel more the same as every other place. Yes you can get some amazing food, but you can also pick wrong and getting mediocre or crappy food. Meeting new people when traveling is only getting harder, this is part of the global phone attention problem.

I've also done the resort thing, and its not for me. The luxury and pampering many seem to love just makes me feel awkward and uncomfortable. I also don't like the planned outings and such. Even if the thing we're brought to see/experience is objectively amazing, I'm always made to feel like an object being processed by a machine: line up here, get your pass, line up there, look at thing / do thing, move along, NEXT!

I'm finding more contentment just being where I'm at and taking advantage of the things that are close by.