For peeps who aren't laid off but just want to chillax at home. Isn't traveling to some exotic location after all about switching your scenery, breaking out of your routine to give yourself permission for the unconscious mind free to wander, reflect and renew?

For instance, instead of going to Bangkok, for cuisine, the beach, nightlife and Buddhist temples, why not order something that you normally don't get at a Thai takeout menu and eat it at a place you normally wouldn't eat at, book a day-spa appointment at a local 5-star hotel instead of your local gym, go to a concert at a music venue you have been before (or other nightlife establishment you'd otherwise go to in SE Asia) and go to a local meditation/wellness center for sitting meditation or some other random place that induces meditation, reflection and all that "wanderlust" feeling evoked in traveling brochures. Try to schedule all of your appointments in a span of 3-4 days, give yourself permission to spend liberally as you'd at a normal vacation and resist the urges to do any of your usual routine you'd normally and take the following Monday or Friday off.

Anyways would love to hear other people's staycation ideas or Sunday routines, similar to this: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/features/timestopics/series/su... http://gawker.com/a-statistical-analysis-of-the-new-york-tim...

More specially, not necessarily as a Sunday routine to prepare and get in gear for the upcoming week; but what do you guys do after a major stress event, burn-out, in midst of existential crisis, post-breakup, the hangover cure morning after going on an alcoholic, drug-induced or emotionally-induced bender; is it as simple as getting a latte espresso fix at your Starbucks or does it have to be flying out to Bangkok for a 6-month recovery getaway?