The 'best time' of an event is really the anticipation before the event. Nothing can live up to that anticipation. The moments or event will never be as good as that anticipation.
Think about it. The moments before a vacation are exciting, thrilling, and positive. The vacation will have positive moments, but not as much as had been anticipated. It can never live up to the excitement as the anticipation of it. Lewis Black says we just shouldn't do it. If it can't live up to that anticipation, just don't do it. Then you have the best part of it without the disappointment.
That brings us to the end of the vacation. Most of us are going back to work tomorrow. And the anticipation of the vacation is gone and the reality of 'oh shit. I have to go back to work' is sinking in. Most people will be cranky and want to get the job done with very little socialization. Because they have nothing to anticipate! It's done! Over! We're in it!
Well, I offer a solution. Book a vacation on the last week of January. I know it's nearly impossible in your mind, but think about it. Spring Break comes for schools in March (three months out) and the rates are low to encourage people to travel (who travels in January?).
The beauty of this plan is that you get to tell people that you are traveling in the last week, and they are so deep in their monochrome work beta-state that you could pull of Robert Blake's murder. They agree and you get to anticipate for another month while the zombie's get to live under the green fluorescent lighting popping Diet Coke's like they are Ritalin for Adults.
The Anti-anticipation depreciation.
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