I Took a "Calmcation" For Stress Relief — and Gained So Much More

I Took a "Calmcation" For Stress Relief — and Gained So Much More

While reclining on a beach lounger next to one of my best friends, quietly taking in the the island views — green-blue waves, greenery-topped mountains — and feeling the gentle breeze as it tousled the palm-fronded beach umbrellas around me, I forgot, for a moment, about the Sisyphean state of my inbox or the liminal phase my life had once again entered. Even with a freshly diagnosed sinus infection and bronchitis, as well as my newly prescribed…