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...theory, of course, extracurriculars should be the ultimate stress-busters. It is hard to think of a better way to unwind from the stressful tedium of Harvard academics than by having a game of ultimate frisbee, acting in a student-directed play or scribbling a few articles for campus publications. That idealized view of extracurriculars, however, bears little relation to reality. For many students—myself included—the Harvard experience revolves around serious participation in a chosen extracurricular (or, at the most, two or three of them). Everything else, from socializing to Social Studies, takes a back...
...they missed the contact, the chance to unwind with someone who knew the other so well. Realizing that mornings were the only times they could carve out of their schedules, the friends decided about two years ago to have breakfast together. Now they meet at least one Thursday or Friday morning each month. Those early-morning sessions have brought their relationship back to what it was during their more carefree adolescence. "Since our meetings are fewer and far between, we've really learned to value our time together," says Holck. "Even if I'm exhausted, I make the time...
...Increasingly, high-end tour operators are finding ways to smooth some of the Mongolia experience's rough edges. 4th World has built modernist wooden lodges at Lake Hovsgol, where guests spending about $100 a day can hike and mountain bike and then unwind with some imported wine, barbecued local mutton and a dip in a hot tub powered by a wood fire. Nomadic Expeditions has built a lodge in the Gobi Desert. And while there's really no way to catch the feel of Mongolia's big sky other than by driving for days beneath it, Nomadic Expeditions offers...
...Even without a copter, we eventually reach our destination and unwind with a lakeside game of basketball on a packed-dirt court. The Mongols got game-one even wears a Michael Jordan T shirt. Tomorrow we'll explore the shoreline and meet a shaman. (Buddhism dominates in Mongolia, but Shamanism thrives as well.) For tonight, we're happy inside our tent with our wood stove crackling and with thoughts of the Asian steppe rolling out before...
...clean taste. Maybe it’s the warmth that a cup sends radiating from deep inside. Or maybe it’s just the new-age charm of being the kind of together person who finds an hour each afternoon to sip, smile and unwind. Buddhist monks have made the time for centuries, so why shouldn?...