Unpacking the Suitcase

The top you won’t wear at home but thought you’d wear on holiday is still not the top you want to wear, even on holiday. The shoes, stylish as they may be, are still uncomfortable, even on holiday. The hideous pajama-like pants with the hole in the crotch are still the only pants you want to wear, even on holiday. You are the same person you were before you packed the suitcase. Is vacation the right moment to become the person you always wanted to be? On the contrary. When everything else looks new, the familiarity of our old ways is extremely comforting. Delicious, even. There’s genuinely nowhere better to be our best, worst selves than when we are far afield.