By bizn_fun 
That experience resonates with Lesley Cooper, the CEO of a consultancy business, who says it’s “inevitable that there is reluctance about ending time off and getting back into a routine”.
Although she doesn’t feel great about returning to work, she focuses on “deliberate rituals like a regular sleep schedule, good nutrition and hydration to feel like I am taking structured responsibility towards getting back into the swing”.
As soon as she returns to work she also sets herself some clear, meaningful but achievable tasks that are purposefully quite small so she can “feel a sense of accomplishment rather than defeat from the outset”.
Cooper adds that she also tries to “be intentional about scheduling time in the first days back to catch up with people, human to human, before diving back into task mode”.
As a leader, she encourages her team to do the same.
“I try to keep expectations lower in the first few days back to avoid that sinking feeling of ‘here we go again… too much to do and not enough time to do it.'”