Perhaps it is for those same reasons that my family just had what each of us would term the very best vacation of our lives. We disconnected from our various responsibilities and focused on each other. It was a tremendously liberating time for us. We enjoyed concentrated time with each other mostly doing things together and occasionally separately in all the Disney World parks and Disney cruise ship. Everyone deserves the opportunity for rest and relaxation disconnected from life's everyday demands.
Vacations serve an important purpose for people's mental well-being.
They provide a necessary departure from the requirements of work. However, a surprising number of people at Disney World had cellular telephones pressed to their ears, apparently conducting business, while they waited in line to get on a ride. It saddened me, that these wired individuals missed the joy of being disconnected from the office. Americans take less vacation and holiday time than workers in almost every other developed country. Technological advances, such as laptop computers, cellular phones and e-mail, have made the vacation situation worse by enabling workaholics and others to work from anywhere, even on vacation, around the clock.