9 ways to get more fun out of holiday

If you are going on vacation, check if you properly prepare for it. We have collected 9 top tips to help you fully relax.

This post was inspired material tom Searcy with his 9 tips to organize a full-fledged vacation, where he talks about his findings and experiences. And read each one of them, I realized that not only support his opinion, but more recently also been practicing almost all the rules. Now I propose to get acquainted with them and to you.

Give yourself time to switch

Do you have happened that you have just begun to taste the pleasure of relaxing, and it just ended? I think with such situations faced by most of us. After all, it is important to not only find the time out of his busy work schedule on holidays, but also give the body time out to go from one mode to another. I have a period of adjustment and transition to a rest mode it takes about 1-2 days. That's why I can hardly be called a three-day holiday weekend, as during this time, you can get a lot of pleasure from communicating with friends, but is not fully relax. This time just enough to free the mind from thinking about work. It is important to give yourself enough time to break the rhythm of work and allow the body to a complete relax. My least 7-10 days, for which I have time to mentally relax and reboot.

Let others work for you

If you do not want to throughout the rest respond to letters and phone calls on business issues, take care of this before your departure, transferring all cases to colleagues and plan their work. If you can not completely "drop out of the process" and do not open your week, arrange a mailbox with someone of his colleagues, whom you'll be working to send the letter, and he or she will take them in work. Organizing workflows so that I can enjoy your vacation without thoughts and feelings about the office affairs.

Switch to "Beyond Access"

If you did everything right in the first stage, you do not need to monitor the workflow and get in touch at work. Otherwise you will not be able to fully relax and reset your brain. Just forget about it at the time, warning of partners and customers that you will not be connected, and dedicate these days only to himself and his personal life.

Minimize stress

If you are comfortable to live according to the plan, it is not necessary to experiment with spontaneous journey, and to prepare and plan your holiday in advance. Prepare a list of all the documents and information which may be useful to you on site (reservation of hotels, local train schedule, itinerary, a list of nearby cafes and restaurants), upload to your phone offline map city ​​and everything you need for your peace of mind and a comfortable trip.

Forget about gadgets

For many of us holiday is impossible without a smartphone or tablet. We remove all that we see around, and then upload photos to Instagram, Facebook or Twitter, I hasten to share new experiences with others. We are far away, but strive to keep in touch, "stuck" to the screen during the entire holiday.

In ordinary life, I can not imagine a day without a smartphone, laptop and WIFI (job requires), but I always try to rest as little as possible to use a variety of gadgets and enjoy the reality around. To get the maximum enjoyment from the holidays, forget the free internet in the lobby and go do something more useful to you in this case.

Take a book

The book will not only help to escape, but also to organize exercises your brain. In addition, new knowledge and experience during the holidays will not be forced out of the working commotion. Books inspire and open new facets of our consciousness. By experience I would say that the most fresh and bold ideas I have appeared as a result of holiday reading.

Try a new experience

Nothing is more charges as the thrills and emotions. Therefore, if you want to have a rest, do not lie for days on the beach, and it is better to have fun and take part in local activity. Play golf, take a surfing lesson, take part in cookery classes of local cuisine, or scuba dive. No matter what you choose, the important thing is that you will discover new experiences and opportunities.

Communicate with people

Both local and foreign. Share experiences, learn the lives of others and get pleasure from it. You can always choose a pleasant and interesting interlocutor, to communicate at least 3-5 minutes on common themes and to learn about how people live in other cities and countries.

Leave the day to prepare for the working weekdays

And in order not to spoil the result of their stay in the two accounts, do not forget to go home to at least one or two days before you have to go to work. This time is necessary for the body to adapt and gradually the mood for the usual way.

I tried on every item described by Tom, for themselves, and realized that most of them have practiced in one form or another. I hope these basic tips will be useful to others, to get as much pleasure from the holidays, regardless of by whom and where you work.

What would you add to this list from personal experience?