Unfortunately there are magical cures for the first day/week of work. We have to get back into things. We need to earn the $$$ so we can live, pay bills and maybe take another holiday later in the year.
Time to get up at 6am, travel with the masses, reply to ridiculous emails from idiots and work!! That adage about 9 to 5 is crap...we all know it is 7 to 6 in most cases. By the time you get home...you hardly have time for yourself before you have to hit the sack so you can function the next day.
Don't you wish you made better use of your school/university holidays!!!
Ok so how do we get over the holiday blues. Through extensive researce and guesswork I have come up with the following:
1. BE POSITIVE
I think there are only about 5% of the working population that really enjoy their job but the rest of us have to work as we have to eat.
You have to put yourself in a positive frame of mind. Think of some of the things you enjoy at work - the people (probably some of them), free internet, discussions about weekend sports, the location, the money. Anything that will keep you in a positive state of mind.
For me I always stay positive on the people, as they make work enjoyable for me.
2. SLEEP
Get a good nights rest before work. You will feel less grumpy and irritable if you actually get a good 7 or 8 hours. Whatever makes you function. Please also note that if you sleep too much, say 9 or 19 hours you will actually feel tired as your body had entered another sleep cycle and you have rudely interrupted it.
3. ITS A NEW YEAR
Heck yeah, a new year puts people in a positive frame of mind. Its like a new beginning, so attack the job with gusto. Focus on your goals or milestones for the coming year be it another holiday, some new things you wish to buy, a house or a car.
That's all there is really.
Stay positive and the work week will be bearable. Above all...remember this:
WORK TO LIVE, NOT LIVE TO WORK
Hey look! I found something to keep me positive at work. Another procrastination tool (i.e. Dev's blog) =)
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