Vacation is a great and exciting moment for us to relax and spend quality time with our friends and loved ones. Just as God wants us to work hard and be fruitful in Genesis- 1, 2. He also wants us to rest, relax after hard work and go on vacation. God himself shows us by resting after the creation of heaven and earth. He knows the importance of having a break from work that was why in Mark 6:30-32 Jesus says “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest”. Jesus knew His followers were exhausted and need to relax their body and mind to gain more energy and be more effective when we are back to work. In Exodus 20: 28, God commanded us to rest “Remember the Sabbath to keep it holy”.
Vacation is a good time to rest so that our bodies and minds can be refreshed. Ecclesiastes 3:13 “And also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is God’s gift to man”. But as much as you would like your vacation to last forever, it has an expiring date. Many times that we leave for some period of time and have stacks of work waiting for us when we get back, then you start to wonder if going away was worthwhile. The answer is yes, but it’s just vital to set up a plan for when you return. Basically, before you leave for vacation, you want to make sure everything I put in place, for instance, you have communicated with everyone, turned on your out-of-office, completed your project or assignments or gave it to someone else to handle it in your absence.
How to get back to work after Vacation
Now that you have returned, how can you manage your time, goals, and projects? What do you do to get back to it? How can we readjust to the schedules and workflows that keep us productive before? Although getting back to work routines can be difficult, but it is possible with a simple strategy in place, it won’t take much effort to return to your normal productivity level.
Here are some tips to get you back to work successfully after vacation.
Plan your schedule ahead
Plan your post-vacation work schedule even before the celebrations and other activities take over. Most professionals do this that’s why it’s not hard for them to get back on their regular workload. As soon as working days’ resume, all you have to do is look at the schedule you prepared weeks ahead to see what you needed to do. Without it, you would probably spend a day regrouping or grasping for what to do.
Technology and organization tools
Before heading out for vacation or for many people who travel often an organization tool is vital to have while away. This allows us to communicate virtually with our team members. With these tools, there’s no need to be in the same place to get things done. You can be in multiple places at one time with technology. This will help you because when you get back you won’t have a million workloads waiting on your desk. You can get connect, share files with your teammate and stay updated. You can use your systems to get important things done when you are away at your convenient time.
Get back a day earlier
Just as we know how much we love to spend all our vacation time withour leaving a day behind. It’s also a good idea to come back a day earlier. You can choose to return on Saturday. This will give us enough time to relax and sleep off jet-lag, unpack loads, do laundry, get familiar with environment again and probably do a few hours of work on Sunday while you prepare for your resumption.
Make to-do list
Before returning from your vacation, many things must have piled up for you to do and the truth is you can’t get it all done on your first day at work. The best way to manage these is to make a to-do list. Here we are not talking about daily activities like working out. It’s the list of things that have been neglected and need to be fixed. Creating the list probably a day before you resume work will let you stay focused and organized since you know work to do without been lost in between. Know the things you need to get done each day and work on it.
Have a perfect work team
You must learn to delegate. One thing that will help you get back to work successfully is having a good team of advisors around you, people whom you can rely on, people who put out a lot of energy and efforts. They can help ease the load of your work fast when you are surrounded by them.
Chаngе what уоu say
Most times after returning from vacation you might feel the need for another vacation. The basic thing is to be organized, and stay focused. Also, take words like overwhelmed and stress out of your vocabulary. These words are not going to help you get what you need to get accomplish or help you move forward. So get rid of those words, stay positive, relax, breathe, and you will realize that everything will get back to normal soon.
Set your priority right
When you have daily prioritization, clarity, and laser focus, things will start getting easier. You have to know what you are going after and accomplish each task. You can prioritize your email as well, set out a plan on how to answer the most important thing first and return to lesser ones later. Regardless of how many things you have going on in your life; you can accomplish what you want in a short period of time if you have the clarity and prioritization. Don’t forget, every day you move ahead inch by inch.
Set contingency time in your schedule
After returning from vacation, we might feel the need to have a little break often. Never deprive yourself a short break in between task. Part of the issue is that we are creatures of habit. When we break our habitual patterns, it can sometimes be difficult to get that energy back and to get the flow going again. Don’t overwork yourself, do one task at a time until.
You will soon be amazed how fast you get accustomed to your normal work routine.
Time block to remove distractions
Just like it sounds good to do many things at a time. It’s a better idea to do a single task. Anything that needs to be done can be done better with your complete focus for short blocks of time. Social Medias are one of such distractions. Set a time towards completing a certain task, it could be 2 hours or more but make sure that you cut out any form of distraction in between the task, this includes checking friends on Facebook, twitting on twitter, entertaining visitors or chit-chatting with your colleagues. Use time blocking to get emails answered, work on your system, schedule business meeting, return phone calls or write proposals. Time blocking will help you be more productive in your business or workplace and have100% focus on your task; hereby prevent mistakes, speed-up the process while you get the result fast and easy.
Don’t get agitated after returning to office, make sure you get enough sleep at night, set a good plan for all your schedules, create a to-do list, don’t leave your office late by overworking yourself out, block time to focus on your task. Soon you will get your routine back and be productive in your work.
