Calling myself a workaholic fills me with mixed feelings of pride and shame. It clearly indicates how badly living in London has affected my work-life balance, making the boundaries between weekdays and free time increasingly — and even subconsciously — blurry. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love my job and couldn't see myself doing anything else. But it wasn't until headlines, quotes, and image captions, along with entire pitching sessions, began to intrude on my dreams that I realized taking a break from it isn't exactly as instant as booking a holiday.
It isn't a coincidence that great sleep has recently become a larger focus of hotel design, particularly for slow-living destinations like Staffordshire's 70-acre-spanning green lung The Tawny. Not only are they designed to pamper guests with meticulously curated, rest-optimized interiors, but also offer a rural retreat that works wonders for both the mind and body. In the UK alone, almost 1 in 5 people struggle to get enough sleep, with money concerns (25%) and work-induced anxiety (37%) being two of the main factors negatively impacting the adult population's night routine, a recent survey finds.
