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How To Get Your Work Groove Back Post-Vacation

Boost Your Productivity After A Great Holiday

Krista Mollion
5 min readAug 15, 2023
Photo by Sara Dubler on Unsplash

Your holiday or summer was amazing but too short. Now you’re back to work and feeling….relaxed? renewed? replenished?

Not exactly.

To be honest, you feel exhausted and a bit sad.

Like you need a post-vacation vacation.

You can’t seem to concentrate, and your productivity is way off.

You are not alone!

Many people feel the same.

What happened?

Isn’t vacation supposed to give you more energy? Isn’t that the whole point? Bosses will say ‘Take a break and come back better.”

Why is it so difficult to return to work after time off?

The explanation is simple:

Humans find change exhausting.

Proof?

Have a new baby. Move to a new place. Remodel your house.

Trips are no different.

We are wired for habits. When we change them, even for a good cause, it causes our internal systems to go into confusion.

Why aren’t we waking up at the alarm and going to work at 8am as usual instead of sleeping in? Your…

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Krista Mollion
Krista Mollion

Written by Krista Mollion

Ex-Agency Owner For Top Iconic Brands Turned Fractional CMO + Educator for Small Business Owners and Creators To Go From Semi-Invisible To Un-Ignorable

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