Newsletter July 2016 – Relax and Recharge

• Just by planning a vacation you start to reap the benefits
  • Plan at least three weeks in advance.

• Pick a low-key destination when you want to really wind down
  • Take time for yourself ;
  • Tune into your natural rhythm
  • Be mindful that renting a house (lake or mountain) may require some cooking and cleaning

• Schedule sightseeing so it won’t wear you out.
  • Do activities in AM or PM
  • Plan downtime the rest of the day
  • Enjoy the sites every other day

• It’s about Quality
  • There is evidence that the longer the trip the more thorough rest, but it really boils down to the Quality
  • Savor the moment
  • Foster connections with your traveling companions
  • Do things you would not normally do

• Taking pictures
  • you brain dumps the ‘memory’ into the camera – so the event, scene, people are more difficult to be recalled

• Social media while on vacation. You are going on a vacation, not your followers.
  • Save your postings for when you return
  • Your home, auto, etc are safer that was too.

• Leave work behind – if you can
  • If you can’t check emails in the morning and around lunch time
  • Unplug the rest of the time (from emails, business related texts, etc)

• What to do when things go wrong?
  • Practice acceptance
  • Look at others, and yourself with compassion
  • Make a conscious effort to release your expectations
  • Be flexible and open to whatever happens

• Vacations can increase your productive once you have returned to work.
  • Your creative brain comes alive during vacation
  • It draws connections between things it had not previously connected
  • That ‘aha’ moment could happen to you

• Work reentry
  • Avoid attempting to extend your stay by taking a late and hellish trip home
  • Returning early and slowly readjusting to reality is less jarring
  • Try to avoid setting meetings your first day back at work
  • Give yourself time to get back into the swing of things

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