The Geographical: How Short Breaks Can Have Long-Term Gains

Originally published by Laura Day at The Huffington Post, July 14, 2010.

I was the singing praises about my current Geographical to a couch full of lovely, tanned 30-year-olds. They looked at me confused and asked, “What is a Geographical?” I was shocked. A Geographical has been a mainstay of my mental health regime for decades. I googled “Geographical” but nothing that fit my definition of the word showed up in the results.

So, let me introduce you to the Geographical.