Get The Most Out of the Weekend

It's a sad fact of life that vacations -- that precious time off reserved specifically for the purpose of relaxing -- can often cause us additional stress. It’s not surprising that even though your body might be comfortably prone on a beach towel, your brain is still scrolling through to-do lists back home and all the unfinished papers at work. With the long weekend coming up, it might even be worse because of the stress leading up to it and then Monday is spent worrying about the following week. Some of the things that you can do, if you have not already, is disabling the internet fax and email notifications. If unplugging for the weekend is in the realm of possibility for you, consider going off the grid and disabling your work email -- you'll be guaranteed to come back to work on Tuesday feeling more refreshed than if you had spent the weekend glued to your phone. If you cannot unplug, make sure to really prioritize, and be reasonable about it. You will have a more sustained sense of progress over your task load, and will also lose the sense of foreboding that often leads to procrastination of important tasks.