"You take a vacation to a place like Thailand and you're ready for the excitement of something new and foreign. But when you're working 14-hour days, all you want is something familiar to ground you. And there's just nothing there"
- Ed Helms
About this Quote
In this quote, Ed Helms is revealing the contrast between the excitement of traveling to a new and foreign location, such as Thailand, and the comfort of familiarity when working long hours. He recommends that while a vacation may bring a sense of experience and new experiences, the demands of a busy work schedule can make one yearn for something familiar to offer a sense of stability and grounding. Helms also highlights the dissatisfaction of not discovering that sense of familiarity when it is required, stressing the exhaustion and emptiness that can feature working long hours.
This quote is written / told by Ed Helms somewhere between January 24, 1974 and today. He/she was a famous Comedian from USA.
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