Tomorrow evening I'm flying back to Paris after 18 days holiday. This year I really needed to disconnect so I did not do any work during the whole time. Although its been great to be switched off, I'm now worried that the return will be a bit of a shock, especially since I will have to go to a client meeting as soon as I arrive in Paris. I think I should have allowed myself more of a transition. It would be a good idea to have a decompression day whenever you come back from a long holiday work. The decompression day would mean that your first day at work you would limit yourself to reading e-mails and attending meetings. You would be expected to be only in reception mode rather than having to actually contribute anything. Come to think of it, I believe a weekly "reception day" would probably benefit everyone. If there was one day a week where I could not answer e-mails or participate in meetings I would have to think carefully about my contributions on other days. With different "reception days" for different people it would also allow a wider range of contributions from people with less forceful personalities.
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