Making Happier Vacation Memories

June 01, 2020

There’s always that one vacation—that one sharp and clear memory—that sticks in our minds for years. Maybe it pops into our heads again when we’re around the people we experienced it with. Or maybe it’s just that one photo or souvenir that starts the memory gears turning!

Regardless, I think it’s safe to say that we all want to make happier vacation memories. Well, we’re all in luck, because this article gives 7 tips for creating happier memories on vacation, and it uses science to do it!

The best tips, if you ask me, are:

Try stepping out of your comfort zone
Hit up a new local each time you take to the road
Use all your senses when you get there
Bring that souvenir home

If we apply these tips and the others to our next vacation, I think we’ll all take a leaping bound on the pathway to making better vacation memories!

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