A summer vacation can be a great time to build energy for
your career or job if you do it right. Unfortunately, many of us don’t know how
to relax, nor do we know how to leave work behind.
In order to gain the most benefit from your vacation and return
with renewed enthusiasm and focus at work implement the following guidelines
for your trip.
Don’t check emails or respond to texts and phone calls. When
you are on vacation you need to be on vacation. This is a time for making a
clear break with work and get some time to recharge. Make the effort to catch
up on your messages before you leave and be sure to set up an out-of-office
message.
Be sure to relax and avoid constant motion on your vacation.
The point of a vacation or holiday is to relax and recharge, rather than run
from one event to another or one historic site to another architectural wonder
of the world. By all means enjoy your vacation and see and do whatever you wish
but do so at a leisurely pace. Effective pre-planning can help you appreciate
the locale while also ensuring that you’re getting in some R & R.
Consume responsibly. It can be tempting to overindulge and
eat anything you want or to drink too much while on vacation. While it’s okay
to enjoy some of the treats you might discover on your travels or enjoy a drink
of the local wine, beer, or whisky, if you overdo it you’ll find that you feel
less energized for your return to work and will want time to “recover” from
your holiday.
Get enough sleep. Like we just discussed, be sure to get
enough rest. Balance a late night out with a leisurely morning and since you’re
on vacation, why not treat yourself to a nap? The important consideration here
though is to avoid changing your schedule so radically that it becomes
difficult to readjust to your normal work schedule.
Give yourself at least a day to recover before returning to
work. You don’t want to fly home at 8 pm on a Sunday night and head back to
work at 8 am the next morning.
Take a day to return home,
resume your typical routine, catch up on the laundry, and prepare yourself
mentally for the return to work.
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