Taking a vacation or hiatus can be a challenge. After taking the time to convince yourself of the need to take a break, you then need to transition back to the hustle of the day-to-day grind. You will enjoy the time off. It will be a welcomed break for your mind and body. You’ll then need to embrace what you left. This feeling is the exact opposite of what you just experienced. The work is just as important as the break. The only catch is the break is way shorter. It’s time to get back to business.
Taking those steps towards your goals after a recharge will make those strides a little bigger and the direction a lot sharper. Try that new strategy you were thinking about attempting. Go back to that idea you could have given more time and effort. Utilize the fresh outlook on life you’ve gained from seeing the world with your head up.
Vacation will allow you to take a relaxed look at what you’ve been doing. You are not as frantic, judging, or critical. Your approach is with “kid gloves” meaning with caution. It is easier to take and think of adjustments. This approach is something most of us cannot accomplish when in the daily grind. You feel the clock is constantly ticking, which can be the cause of snap judgment or decisions. This action can be more harmful to our journey but, the action can confuse us with progress.
While press pressing pause, these scenarios are played out with zero penalties. It’s like playing chess with the ability of a back button or sparring in a boxing ring without the threat of feeling the pain of a punch. The perks of this time are astronomical. Getting back to business gets a little easier when you have all of these plans you can’t wait to attempt. If you go back with 3 or 4 new ideas and one works out, you can catapult yourself 2-5 years ahead of schedule. Don’t be afraid to try something new. You’ve been doing the same thing for a while. Yes, slow and steady will get you there but how good would a boost or a push be while on this long journey?
There are two reasons you could need to tell yourself to get back to business. The vacation is one. The hiatus is the other. The hiatus could be a lot more of a challenge to escape. This break didn’t start as a hiatus. It was supposed to be a short break. Instead of a pause, you hit the stop button somewhere. Starting can be more strenuous than continuing. You’ve just given yourself the task of doing it twice. The job of starting involves breaking whatever your current day-to-day entails. You’ll need to break habits while building new ones. On average, a human takes three weeks to eight months to create a habit.
Yes, it must be a consistent three weeks to eight months. This time is why stopping shouldn’t be an option for you. The required length is why you can begin working out or reading for a week or two and stop. It just hasn’t been long enough to form the habit. Even for the fastest habit-forming humans. What if you are on the other end of the timeline for forming habits? You have to commit to something for almost a year before you welcome anything new into your day-to-day. This task will not be easy but if you want it, work for it.
In closing, get back to business whether you are coming off of a vacation or hiatus. Knowing how to get back to setting and accomplishing your goals is all positive. There is no downside. Yes, coming off of a hiatus is harder. Yes, you’ll need to start from scratch. Yes, it will take a long time before it is a habit. No, it may not be the last hiatus but knowing what it takes to get it back into your day-to-day, hopefully, it will be. This information will enable strategy. The strategy enables planning. Planning allows goal setting. Goals are what keeps you moving forward. Get going. Good luck to you.
Food for thought…You do the dishes!
