Breakout 23 | goldwinde

I never "need" a holiday

And I take a lot of them. Not because I need them but for an enjoyable change of pace and environment. Once I plan a holiday, I anticipate it daily. By the last day of my getaway, I am eager to get back to my home and my work.

The Breakout 23

One of my favorite types of holiday is something I take quite often, even as frequently as a few times per month. I call it Breakout 23, since, from start to finish it takes 23 hours or less. Frequently it begins shortly after noon on Fridays, just after I've completely my client calls for the day. I'll be back home, usually no later than 11 am on Saturday.

You might be thinking, "I might as well just stay at home"

Even though it lasts less than a day, it feels like much more of a break than you imagine. It won't be the same if you take a staycation. The fact that it's overnight and your sleeping place is not your home gives it a whole different feeling.

If you hang out in your home, even though you have permission to do whatever you like, your environment will always be reminding you subtly of all the things that 'could be done." On a Breakout 23 there is "nothing to do" except whatever you make up and nothing around you to remind you of your regular life.

Even if you're just in a different part of the city you live in, it feels like your a tourist when you explore things and interact with the people on the street.

Unless the travel time to-and-from your overnight place-of-stay is an especially rich part of the experience, I recommend you keep the travel time to less than 90 minutes each way.

My Breakout 23 (Friday, December 15th, 2023)

Here are my photo journals that include two previous Breakouts...

This one is from December of 2017.

This one is from February of 2018.

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Although I could easily handle my Breakout by myself, I've asked my assistant Kychuby to join me (until about 4 pm).

Scouting around for a hotel (we took a 3-kilometer Grab ride to an part of DaNang that I was not familiar with), I decide on a hostel. Room, bathroom, TV, and wifi all for $10.50.