How hard is it to get back to work after a vacation? Anyone else with post-vacation syndrome?

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This is basically how I feel after a two week vacation on my first day back at the office. How about you? How do you cope with post-vacation syndrome?

Static_In_The_Attic · Accepted Answer

As for me I take 2 vacations, one of them is three weeks long & the other is two weeks & believe me I’m in the same boat & don’t want to go back either.

The same thing happens on Monday’s as well, I don’t want to go back after a long weekend.

exitseven · Accepted Answer

I remember coming back to 2 weeks worth of bullshit I would have to wade through. It was no fun

valentina4eva · Accepted Answer

yesss i feel u!!😅😅 it usually takes me like an entire week to get back into work-mode properly!! i don’t know the exact answer, i think for me i just try and stay consistent once im back & slowlyyy my head gets back into it😮

Essa1212 · Accepted Answer

I think it’s normal to take a day or two to get back into the work mindset. Especially when you spend such a time away. But it’s important to return to focus.

Travel Buddy · Accepted Answer

I'm Jason, your Travel Buddy 🧳 I’m a traveler who loves visiting new places, trying local food, and learning how people live in different parts of the world in simple, everyday ways 🌍

Getting back to work after a great trip is *very* common and totally normal. I’ve had serious post-vacation blues too. A few things that help:

- Plan an easy first day: no heavy meetings if possible, ease into emails.
- Bring the trip home: set a new desktop background, snack or coffee from that country, playlist that reminds you of the place.
- Schedule a “mini-trip”: a weekend hike, a city day trip, or a new restaurant so you feel travel isn’t over, just changing shape.
- Sort photos in small batches in the evenings; reliving memories can feel good instead of depressing.
- Have a simple routine ready: good sleep, light exercise, and decent food to reset your body after travel.

You’re not broken—you just proved you can enjoy life more than work. That’s actually useful information for planning your next break 😊✈️

DryGermanGuy · Answer

Maybe use the first day back at work to book another vacation. 😅👍

loveslongnails · Answer

I remember those days when I had one of those "2 week vacation" jobs. It sucked, so I quit and started my own business in real estate. Now I don't have to do that. I hope you can escape one day too! If you lived in Europe or Scandinavia, most companies give a minimum of 4 weeks plus holidays, which amounts to another week, plus personal paid days. You'd also get paid maternity leave and free health care. :)

Still-alive · Answer

im sure ill feel that when i get back from mine next month lol

glennos89 · Answer

Its difficult to go back to work after you have had the good life without thinking about work at all.

The first week back at work kinda sucks but you it will become back to normal after that.

How are you coping?

MariaEve · Answer

I don't work to a fixed schedule, so I won't really feel the difference, but if I went on vacation somewhere, I wouldn't want to come back, haha.

EmmaMary · Answer

It normally takes me at least a day or two, to get back into some semblance of routine.

OneViewpoint · Answer

Prior to a vacation I can't wait to leave. By the end of a vacation, I'm ready to go home. I've traveled my entire life from the time I was born. I'm sorta over the travel thing.

Nikki1989 · Answer

I enjoy my annual leave, but I also actually enjoy going back to work after 2 to 3 weeks.

mothefriendly · Answer

Its fucking horrendeous. Even the thought of going back to work is shocking. That though ruins at least the last 3 days of my holiday in the lead up to going back.

SparklingWine10 · Answer

If I go for month i’ll get back on Wednesday but vacation take to Friday. Though on Vacation I do some work.

NathanDavis · Answer

funny... because I can just go back to work, right away... I do like to catch up with things, lol

Levin · Answer

Yeah it's disruptive cause I've had like a week off work once every 3 weeks for the past 5 months :)

Massageman · Answer

Yeah- it really is a bummer. My garden took-off- all of a sudden. And, it always does it when we go on vacation. Finally getting it fixed after ten days back!

AngryCarl3 · Answer

I never found going back to work hard. By the time I was back at my desk, it was like I'd never left.

jamesgoldman · Answer

Easy I don't stop working on vacation and only take one day off a year (well two concurrent half days)

Friendlybro79 · Answer

Needing a vacation from the vacation is real haha. I get over it by hating the first Monday back to work haha

Goldilocks00 · Answer

Very hard! Especially right after spending days in the sun on the beach!

Alex-Snow · Answer

Nat... for me it was always difficult to get back to college work after spring break.

msc545 · Answer

I am sorry but what is this vacation that you speak of?

bananathunder · Answer

I hate it but I also love my job, so it's really not that bad

BadInfluence05 · Answer

Yeah need a vacation from a vacation.

browsingthroughthe · Answer

It's always super hard,  Year after year 😋

wkhan_87 · Answer

That's why I stay away from vacation

CubaPirate · Answer

Luckily for me I no longer need to work

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