If possible, come home at least 1 day before the end of your vacation, rather than in the evening before the first day of work. Even leave yourself two days in reserve, during which you can indulge in idleness and take a break from the holiday, but also to mentally prepare yourself to work.
Surely your official mail will be cluttered with emails. Go to work one hour earlier and work them out. Delete the old or unimportant emails, highlight those that are not urgent and group those that require your response or your intervention. What I always do is to first delete those which are not important, and thus reduce the volume of unread emails at least in half. It’s easiest to spot the important mails, by looking at the author - those sent by customers, colleagues or bosses (especially bosses) have priority.
Open the plan which you have prepared during your freed "Black Friday", before leaving on vacation and complete it with the newly emerged tasks. Write down how long it will take you each task for at least the next 3 days. In this way you will not have to wonder "where to start form".
Only now you can pay attention to your colleagues and especially to that someone who has been replacing you. Leave the conversations and stories, pictures and everything else related to how well you spent your holiday, for the lunch time. Delaying the tasks won’t complete them for you, but will only decrease the time to finish them.
Do not stay too late after work to catch up. There is no point to overwork yourself from the first week after the vacation and for its effect to disappear. Continue with your work schedule.
I hope the above tips will help you in your preparation for the holiday and the first few days after it. I wish you to spend an unforgettable vacation and after it with new powers to fight for your career!
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