LIFE after a VACATION ....

Last year yes. I am again this year, I'm going away for three weeks but it's no different than going away for a week really. It all seems to of changed and at first I don't back into things, just take it easy. ~Joey

Oh your vacation sounds wonderful but yes, I do know what you mean getting back into gear is difficult afterwards. I have actually planned vacations in the past so I had a couple days at least to 'recooperate' before having to go back to work. A little down-time before going back to the routine.

Hi. I love going on holiday with my family, and then getting home to a clean house, where all we have to do is pack our things away, but then it does take a day or so to get into that home mode...

Yes it's that way with every vacation! Just getting back into the routine is the only way I know to fix the euphoria that comes with time off to relax! I love vacations.

The only time I can ever remember having this sort of problem was a few years ago when I went away to Australia for about 3 weeks. That's a long time to be away...from your life, from your country, your job! Not to mention the time difference. Honestly I left at like 10am from australia and got back to america about 7am the same day I left. it was bizarre! I got real sick when I got home from the time zone difference and all. When I went back to work I had to remember what I did and find out what all had happened while I was gone...catch everyone up on my trip, etc. etc. I think it took me probably a week to really get back into the flow of things.

Life after a holiday is always very dull... for me, every year summer holiday i go overseas and when i come back, i feel so bored and do not want to participate in anything, even sport and i even more so dont want to do any school work. This usually gets my parents mad and they often threaten me that we wont go on vacation next year T.T I can barely concentrate at school but after a week or two, every thing gets back on track and you are back on your daily routines, breakfast, school, lunch, homework, dinner, tv, games, sleep.... repeating over and over again I am so tired of this routine...so boring!!

I find no matter where I go , it takes me a while to be myself again ... I get all out of whack , Homesick I guess they call it ... Not sure I`ve ever grown out of it , still get that way sometimes . Which is not a good thing considering I want to go visiit my sister , she`s asked me for almost 4 years . I keep telling her yes but something always stops it from happening ... But I`ll try to this summer ...

Very much so, whenever I go to my retreat I am a totally different person, I am relaxed, very very happy, my depression is non existant and I'm away from my housemate, it's peaceful it's bliss and you will see a very very different Wolfie, as soon as I get back it hits me like a gale force wind, it's like when I leave home I leave all my baggage behind and when I return from my vacation all that baggage is waiting for me on my return and fall back into a deep dark depression again and face reality, not nice!

I had a 3-day weekend and found that it was extremely hard to get back into the swing of things today. Hopefully I will be back to semi-normal tomorrow.

oh this happens to me every time i go away. When I retun it takes me a good few days to settle back into the many different roles i play, lol. Every now and then I can still be on holiday a few days after my return and this causes all sorts of problems, particularly at work blessed be

It is usual and normal that one can never find a holiday too long. I always dread going back to work after a holiday. The working mood is simply not there especially when there is a pile piling up right in front of you the moment you sit down at your desk. My reality snaps when the phone start ringing. It is going to be a busy day for sure.

It's been quite a while since I had that vacation you were talking about. But I really do miss it, specifically being near the rushing waves. Ooohhh, even just imagining myself into it gives me a great feeling. And another point you have there, the going back to reality is such so chaotic, I believe. Even just leaving 3 to 5 days off your work will give the paperwork great inches on your office table. But this is also the reason & maybe the secret formula (for me) to return to 'reality'. They occupy a lot of space that I do try my best to keep up with them in a steady and fast pace - to clear off my table literally.

i always have the same thing as yours, whenever I go for a break for even two days I just dont want to come back. I am fine when working for a long but any break just upset my working mentallity and I want to take rest again and again. I notie that its just like my nephew who is at her 14 now and doesn't want to go to the school after every long and short vacation. Funny!

I do share your feeling. I feel disoriented every time I go back to the office from a long vacation. I feel like all my officemates are busy doing something while I am there just staring at my sorroundings. It's like being in a new world and starting work all over again. So what I do post vacation is to go to the office a little earlier than usual so I will be able to have a quiet time to sync myself with work. Then I do little things like filing and sorting through my incoming file. With these, I am able to transition well from vacationland to work.

I'm a tad bit different once again, with me when i come home i instantly snap back to reality and see all the things i didn't do when i was gone. I usually go frantic trying to get it done before i go to bed and sometimes feel like I'm losing my mind completely. i guess i just can't really pull myself from that complete reality long enough to enjoy that relaxed feeling.

I can't remember the last time we had a vacation. We have not had one since moving to Houston. I've tried to get the hubby to take one but he never has time. The last time I took any vacation time when I was working, I found it harded to concentrait on the last couple of days before. By the time the vacation was over I was glad to get back to work.

well i have heard people say that they need a vaction to recover from their vacation or they need to go to work to recover... sometimes i even find it hard after a weekend, especially a long one!!!