Get Back into a Groove After Vacation

 Wed 15 Sept 2021

Get Back into a Groove After Vacation

You’re back from vacation and staring down a long to-do list. Why can’t you self-motivate? Shouldn’t you be rested and recharged from your time away? Before you can energize yourself, you have to understand a little more about why you’re having trouble refocusing on work.

 For example, you might be overwhelmed by all of the emails you received or the projects that landed on your plate while you were away. If this is the case, break down bigger assignments into smaller, specific steps you can complete in a shorter time frame. It’s also possible that after your time away, your work doesn’t feel important — after all, vacation can cause us to realign priorities.

 If your immediate tasks feel meaningless, look at the work you’ve done over the past few months and catalog what it’s added up to. What are the big-picture things you’ve accomplished? In what ways have you affected the lives of other people? Focus on those things to help you get over your post-vacation malaise and get back into the swing of things.
This tip is adapted from “Is Your Motivation Still on Vacation?,” by Art Markman

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