AVOIDING VACATION SICKNESS

A couple of years ago, I noticed, every time I took time off of work, I’d be sick the whole time! Of course this stinks right? Your on vacation, you want to have fun, you want to have energy!

Now, this took a few times for me to realize the pattern of what was going on here. After a little bit of research I realized I was suffering from something called vacation sickness.

The body is brilliant! It knows when we are really busy it isn’t ale to stop and take a break, it hangs in there until it’s given the chance to process, cleanse, and detoxify.

When we take time off we finally have a chance to relax and destress. This then signals to the body “HEY! This is a great time to start processing!” Bring on the sickness symptoms! YUCK!

So how do we avoid this?

Tip #1 ACCESS YOUR LIFESTYLE

Access your lifestyle and the pace of your lifestyle. This gives you a chance to evaluate your stress levels and why your body is having trouble doing what it needs to do the it needs to do it. If you’re tied up with work and kids and obligations take time to see where you can cut back. Realize that all of us have just 24 hours in a day. All it takes is small steps towards redirecting or managing your energy to help bring more balance and harmony into your life.

It’s not about time management its about energy management.

Tip #2 KEEP YOUR HEALTH ROUTINES IN PLACE

I know its vacation, things typically go out the window right? But keeping your health routines in place during your vacation will really help you and your body stay balanced. When your lifestyle changes abruptly it will abruptly change your bodies response.

Tip #3 EASE OFF SLOW

How many of you have lost sleep over trying to pack for vacation the night before, hustled your work week trying to make sure you’ll be caught up on work and email before you head out 🙋🏽‍♀️ Now Imagine you are driving your car, you’re in 4th gear and you then downshift into 1st or 2nd gear! This is exactly what taking a vacation can sometimes feel like. Once you’re on vacation, there is nothing to do, no hustle no bustle. So to avoid the abrupt shift, ease in slow.

Tip #4 KEEP IT LOW KEY

I know it can be tempting to put all that fun exciting stuff up front, but if you can keep the first few days as low key as possible. Remember, ease in slow. Settle in and take it slow.

Tip #5 DO A LITTLE WORK

Just a little ;) If you feel like it and if you do be sure to keep it simple. Maybe some of the work that gets put on the back burner, like rebranding or emails. This is really helpful when it comes to keeping your body in it's routine.

Tip #6 EASE OUT SLOW

Coming off of vacation running back into a work week can be pretty stressful, at least for me. Similarly, how you want to ease into your vacation, same thing for easing out of it.

Tip #7 REST & HYDRATE

Nothing is going to cure you quicker than a sufficient amount of good clean water and good quality rest. This will insure your body has the recourses it needs to flush out toxins, detox your body and have the energy it needs to fight off or prevent anything that you might be facing.

Tip #8 MAINTAIN A VACATION PACE

This doesn’t mean you need to be on vocation your whole life, although that would be great ;) When I say maintain a vacation pace I’m just trying to say relax.

Hopefully this will help ease into your next vacation. May you be happy and healthy.

Until next time,
-MJ