Going back to work after your holidays often comes with the post-holiday blues. Here are the best tips to get passed it.

Your schedule is transformed, sport is no longer a priority and you completely forget the burden of daily occurrences. This describes the holidays of many who are going back to work this week. And lots of people suffer!

Not returning the day right before going back, keeping active during your holidays and having healthy eating habits is some advice from specialists to avoid the post-holiday blues. Definitively, it’s about preparing your return to work after holidays.

What are the post-holiday blues?

This is an adaptive disorder that can be conditioned by a multitude of factors, beyond the obvious return to work and the "sadness" brought on due to your days of leisure coming to an end. Those who suffer have usually had a longer holiday than usual, may not like their job that much, don’t feel valued or work in an unpleasant environment.

All this translates into a depressed state of mind, anxiety, apathy, lack of energy and/or a perception of not being able to perform your usual role.

Tips by Elba for going back to work 

Preparing your return to work with humour requires time, and is not just about following some basic tips on the last night. Depression has components relating to the body and the mind, so it is both a physical and emotional problem.

Elba Hotels has been taking care of its guests for more than twenty years through its Thalassotherapy offer, which cares as much for the body as it does for the mind. The thalasso treatments are perfect to help you stop, enjoy the silence and relax as you face the new coming challenges, addressing the impact of the post-holiday blues. Try the Thalasso Spa at the Elba Costa Ballena Beach Hotel and let us know how your experience was!