This might seem strange, but I felt a similar passion towards vacations ever since I was in elementary school. There was always a lot of pressure to succeed in school, sports, and social life. Just when I thought I'd have free time to catch up things where I was falling behind (in any of these categories), I would usually get yanked away for a trip somewhere like skiing, or to spend time with family out of state. I don't mean to sound ungrateful as I realize I have been very fortunate to do many of the things that I have done, and these activities were definitely amazing the first couple times around, but I believe they ended up being more detrimental to my development and work in the long run.