How to Survive Work After Vacation
By the end of July, many of you have already been on vacation. The beach season is on its highest point. Therefore, we can assume that you whether have recently come from a vacation, or are just going to have some rest. We hope, of course, that you have any kind of vacation at all. In this case our recommendations are for you.
There is such a thing as post-vacation blues. This condition can include a number of symptoms associated with physical and emotional discomfort - so it is not so rare to quit and close businesses after returning from vacation. The person briefly separates from the usual environment, he/she is distressed by what he sees, and decides to stop it - he quits his work or closes his business project. It is important to know! In most cases, these decisions are dictated by inner emotions normal to post-vacation blues, so they may be irrational and incorrect. Therefore, try to stay out from making such decisions in the first 2-3 weeks after the vacation.
Why does it happen?
Post-vacation blues appears because our mind and body completely switch from the usual mode of life for some relaxing time. We quickly get used to a more measured rhythm of life, to a different style of nutrition, sleep and relaxation. Therefore, returning to the familiar stress environment produces the effect of an exploding bomb. We feel ourselves protesting, even if a month ago we were doing all this stuff happily or at least comfortably. Even a favorite thing can cause fatigue and dislike if you just returned from vacation. What to do?
Make a plan for a slow return
Do not rush into battle right away. Imagine that you are a professional athlete, who hasn't support his athletic shape for a while. What happens if he immediately gives himself the maximal effort? His body will not deal with it - there will be injuries and distress. Therefore, even those who are engaged in sports for all their lives, after a break begin to return to the exercises gradually. Follow their example! Start very smoothly and gently, write down your goals and tasks for each day, gradually increasing the number of your daily activities, until you bring them to the usual point.
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Define your priorities and unimportant tasks
Highlight those tasks that are really important in the first days after returning from vacation. With 100% probability - this is not ALL of your tasks. Define several priorities and plan carefully how you can accomplish them gradually, without pressing on yourself too much. A little lifehack: start working earlier, but do not stay in the office when the work day is over. In the morning, while the brain is still working at increased speeds, you can really help a couple of extra hours to plan the day, while your colleagues are still getting to work. But the work in the evenings does not so peacefully affect the mood. Therefore, at the end of the working day, it should end for you, too.
Summer at Work: Survival Guidance
Plan your joys and rewards
Yes, we mean exactly what we wrote. Make a plan for the things that could relax and please you every day, and always set aside time for it. Our mind perceives summer as a period of rest from work in any case, therefore in the summer even on working days you absolutely need moments of joy, relaxation and reward. Plan your evenings - spend them with your family, play active games with your friends, go to restaurants, walk near the water, go to the beach, and so on. Provide yourself a break during the day - and leave the office for this time. If you work at home, stand up and go out into the fresh air, move and breathe. Our body rests when we change the activity, not just lay on the couch.
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Deal with your mails and papers
Do not read all the emails, do not reply to each one on the first day. First, it's enough to sort them out by more or less important ones, and only answer those that are most serious for your career or personal life. All the rest can be processed gradually, and something completely unimportant can be simply left without attention. This also applies to any other tasks (we have already discussed the priorities above). Do one thing at a time, do not surround yourself with tons of tasks at once. Clean up your workplace and leave on the table only papers on the current issue. Once it is done, get rid of them.
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Take care of your body and mood
Your body is experiencing stress. Yes, and this stress began not after your return from vacation, but just when you went there. No matter if the experience is positive or negative, our body perceives it as a stress and reacts accordingly. Help your body and mind. Try to get enough sleep, go to bed earlier and get up earlier. Drink clean water and eat healthy food. Go back to sports - but also gradually, as well as to any other activity. Add positive emotions: meet people (if you like to), pamper yourself with pleasant gifts or treats, go to the cinema or theaters, go to sports, read, dance, listen to your favorite music, play with your pets - do what you like. And it will be much easier for you to survive the return from vacation.
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How to Survive Work After Vacation
There is such a thing as post-vacation blues. This condition can include a number of symptoms associated with physical and emotional discomfort - so it is not so rare to quit and close businesses after returning from vacation. The person briefly separates from the usual environment, he/she is distressed by what he sees, and decides to stop it - he quits his work or closes his business project. It is important to know! In most cases, these decisions are dictated by inner emotions normal to post-vacation blues, so they may be irrational and incorrect. Therefore, try to stay out from making such decisions in the first 2-3 weeks after the vacation.
Why does it happen?
Post-vacation blues appears because our mind and body completely switch from the usual mode of life for some relaxing time. We quickly get used to a more measured rhythm of life, to a different style of nutrition, sleep and relaxation. Therefore, returning to the familiar stress environment produces the effect of an exploding bomb. We feel ourselves protesting, even if a month ago we were doing all this stuff happily or at least comfortably. Even a favorite thing can cause fatigue and dislike if you just returned from vacation. What to do?
Make a plan for a slow return
Do not rush into battle right away. Imagine that you are a professional athlete, who hasn't support his athletic shape for a while. What happens if he immediately gives himself the maximal effort? His body will not deal with it - there will be injuries and distress. Therefore, even those who are engaged in sports for all their lives, after a break begin to return to the exercises gradually. Follow their example! Start very smoothly and gently, write down your goals and tasks for each day, gradually increasing the number of your daily activities, until you bring them to the usual point.
Work vs. Life: 5 Tricks to Set Priorities
Define your priorities and unimportant tasks
Highlight those tasks that are really important in the first days after returning from vacation. With 100% probability - this is not ALL of your tasks. Define several priorities and plan carefully how you can accomplish them gradually, without pressing on yourself too much. A little lifehack: start working earlier, but do not stay in the office when the work day is over. In the morning, while the brain is still working at increased speeds, you can really help a couple of extra hours to plan the day, while your colleagues are still getting to work. But the work in the evenings does not so peacefully affect the mood. Therefore, at the end of the working day, it should end for you, too.
Summer at Work: Survival Guidance
Plan your joys and rewards
Yes, we mean exactly what we wrote. Make a plan for the things that could relax and please you every day, and always set aside time for it. Our mind perceives summer as a period of rest from work in any case, therefore in the summer even on working days you absolutely need moments of joy, relaxation and reward. Plan your evenings - spend them with your family, play active games with your friends, go to restaurants, walk near the water, go to the beach, and so on. Provide yourself a break during the day - and leave the office for this time. If you work at home, stand up and go out into the fresh air, move and breathe. Our body rests when we change the activity, not just lay on the couch.
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Deal with your mails and papers
Do not read all the emails, do not reply to each one on the first day. First, it's enough to sort them out by more or less important ones, and only answer those that are most serious for your career or personal life. All the rest can be processed gradually, and something completely unimportant can be simply left without attention. This also applies to any other tasks (we have already discussed the priorities above). Do one thing at a time, do not surround yourself with tons of tasks at once. Clean up your workplace and leave on the table only papers on the current issue. Once it is done, get rid of them.
Work & Weekend: How to Find a Balance for Success
Take care of your body and mood
Your body is experiencing stress. Yes, and this stress began not after your return from vacation, but just when you went there. No matter if the experience is positive or negative, our body perceives it as a stress and reacts accordingly. Help your body and mind. Try to get enough sleep, go to bed earlier and get up earlier. Drink clean water and eat healthy food. Go back to sports - but also gradually, as well as to any other activity. Add positive emotions: meet people (if you like to), pamper yourself with pleasant gifts or treats, go to the cinema or theaters, go to sports, read, dance, listen to your favorite music, play with your pets - do what you like. And it will be much easier for you to survive the return from vacation.
