My partner wants every trip to be an opportunity to learn something new or have a meaningful cultural experience, while I just want to relax and be silly together, and we've stopped being able to enjoy either because we're always negotiating between education and pure fun. Our last three trips have been tense because neither of us feels like we're getting what we need from traveling together.
More people experience this than they realize.
Competing philosophies about the purpose of travel have created an either-or dynamic that prevents both meaningful discovery and joyful play.
“Where Are You with Travel as play and discovery?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.