A Do-Nothing Vacation Takes Work

Doing nothing on a vacation is difficult when you know you have emails and texts waiting for you.

On a do-nothing vacation, reading is one thing that you can do. ViDI Studio/Shutterstock

I’m sitting on the beach doing nothing. I did the same thing yesterday. I also did nothing sitting on my hotel balcony. OK, I was listening to the waves, but doing certain things is allowed—reading, for instance. I have a couple of days left to my vacation, and I plan to do nothing in them also. But I’m finding that it’s not that easy to do nothing.

Things I am not doing: I am not calling home for messages. I am not reading texts or emails on my phone. I am not scrolling for news. My phone, in fact, is in my bedside drawer at the hotel. The hardest part for me: not doing Wordle.