How to manage workplace stress after your holiday

Try to return from holiday two days before you return to work
During those two days, empty your luggage and put your suitcases in the loft. Go to the supermarket and do some activities at home.
Try to return to your work schedule and obligations gradually. Start with the easiest tasks - some little things. For example read your email and arrange your office, etc.
Put up a photo in your office that you took on holiday and, while looking at it, savour the memory.
Manage your time and activities so you don’t feel drowned.
Relax! Often, stress and melancholy change the metabolic rate after your holiday.
Exercise, even if it’s just brisk lunchtime walks. Exercise is perhaps the best way to combat stress.
Ask colleagues and friends for their help.
Don’t schedule meetings for your first morning at work.
Don’t wait for the next holiday - make every day meaningful.
Use the return to work as a type of New Year’s resolution. Take up that hobby you have been promising yourself. Keep it simple and easy to take the first step.

If you need a real insight into managing the transition, consider reading Life Launch by Pamela D McLean and Hudson M McLean. It’s featured in our Book Review section.