In the U.S., the weekends sandwiching the 4th of July are the most popular travel time of the year. The cherries are ripe, the pool water is swimmable, and flip-flops are starting to look like appropriate work apparel. Summer is finally, undeniably here, and so is (hopefully) your vacation.
But even when you have the freedom to turn off your phone, forget the office, and rush headlong into the ocean, do you? Probably not.
Too often in adult life, reality and wild abandon don't mix -- and that, says game designer Jane McGonigal, is exactly the problem.
