Anyone else dread going back to work after a vacation?

I always feel I need a vacation after my vacation! But this time of year coming back it is not also about the work, but the traffic - yuck. I live near three schools and a community college, it will be busy on the way to work.

Nope! My work nemesis announced her departure the last day I worked before Christmas. It is certainly starting my 2017 off in the right direction! While I'm not looking forward to having to do her work, I did 50% of it for her anyway so not having to put up with her personality disorder on top of doing her work will be a blessing!

I 100% dread it. I go back on Monday.

I've been off for two weeks from my school job, and so I'm actually kind of looking forward to getting back into my routines. It's been nice not to have work or schoolwork (I'm doing a pre-doc research project) and as much as it's been nice to lay in bed until 8:30, 9, later - I want to go back to work so that my routine is back in place.

Yes. I only work part time but I've got so many other things that keep me busy through out the year and Christmas holidays is when I mentally take a break. No voicemails are checked, I get startled if I receive texts because I just assume everyone else makes the world stop during holidays 😄. I stay home all day if I absolutely can. And then life has to resume and I get anxious about it.

i totally get this. i was a recruiter for a major oil company when i was planning my wedding. i worked every weekend (save one) for 13 weeks prior to my wedding so we could go on our honeymoon to jamaica for a week. and yes, those weekends of overtime made it okay for my colleague while i was gone - but still LOTS of non-urgent stuff left for my return.

My work always closes down the week between Christmas and New Years. I do the bookkeeping, so that has all piled up while we are gone. I love the week off, but when I get back, it will be a mess. Month end, quarterly, year end plus everything else waiting for me. Payroll, salary increases, insurance premiums for employees have gone up. Plus this year I get the added duties of W-2's and 1099's to figure out. I really dislike the month of January.

Totally! Going back to work even after a long weekend causes me anxiety! I know I will walk into work with a ton of messages and calls to return, not to mention that I have a full load this week and finding the time to take care of all that will be a struggle.

I dread it, too. I'm sitting in the airport right now waiting to board a flight home. I have a million things to accomplish in the next two days, both at home and for work. My work situation promises to be brutal this month and I am hoping I can manage it.

Yes. Our department is to get layoff notices next Friday.

Ugh yes. I have been assigned a thankless project that my boss tells me is do or die time for me. If I do well in front of the executives, it could lead to the promotion that I have been working towards. But I have basically been asked to come up with a plan to fix decades of incompetence while using the same staff that can't figure out how to use google. Or drink during the work day. Or are so incompetent they basically sit in a corner, breath heavily and suck their thumbs.

So yes, I am really dreading going back on Tuesday! Hopefully some of the job applications I have submitted over the last few weeks will result in interviews.

I'm sorry

I'm fortunate enough to have enough vacation and holiday pay to have almost 3 weeks off in December between Christmas and New Year's. I do miss routine because we get into vacation mode really easily. But I don't miss the hustle and bustle of work.

I always have these amazing plans to get all this stuff done on my break but I usually end up relaxing a little more than I probably should.

I'm not quite ready to go back to work even though I don't have to be back until Wednesday!

I hate dreading, there's no forward energy when I get myself in that mindset. I'm learning to be more present. And a big part of that has to do with embracing what the present moment unfolds (even if that means going back to work )

I didn't take a vacation from work, although I did from school and wasn't planning on going back but feel forced to.
I feel if I'm open to it then it won't be as bad to experience vs. dreading it and suffering through it because I'm not being fully present with it.
When you dread something you are not being present. You can only be present when you embrace the moment without dread or regret. Resistance distances you from the present.
When you embrace the moment, it unfolds to more moments that are embraceable.