The Ironies of Returning to Work

What can I say, I made the choice to return from nearly a week on the west coast at nearly 11pm. And, had to get up early today. Of course I was tired all day.

Now, contributing factors include:

1. staying up even later to finish the book I was reading
2. not sleeping on the plane (I was reading a good book)
3. not drinking enough water
4. walking, walking, walking in San Francisco and not getting enough sleep
5. A rough week of sleep made even tougher by the Westin bed -- not comfy
6. insisting on exploring the city until the last possible minutes, rather than relaxing before a day of travel.

So, some personal culpability on the fatigue. As I look around I can see that this is a standard for many colleagues. So, why do we regularly schedule the hell out of our first day back?! We do it to our selves don't we. Anticipate that we'll be hyper productive after a vacation, when all were really doing is wishing we were still on vacation, and totally out of synch with productivity.

Let me know if you have a theory or any observations on how this works for you.