When vacationing, rest is paramount

/By AzerNews/

By Laman Sadigova

The often-touted phrase that everyone needs a vacation after his or her vacation is quite realistic.

To take a real break from life, one needs to become comfortable with doing "nothing,” like drinking tea and looking out the window or sitting on a park bench without feeling like you should be somewhere doing something else.

Modern life requires maximum energy, and constant monitoring and attention. Businesspeople therefore often suffer from tiredness and physical fatigue.

Some questions need to be addressed so that we may commit ourselves completely to our work and family matters.

What everyone has to confess is that we are not robots, and once we get tired, we need rest. Life under constant fatigue is wrong. We must always be energetic and cheerful for the sake of our own happiness.

However, when you go on vacation, do not forget that the purpose is to help you to relax.

Thus, remember the following rules for the holidays:

1. Combine active and passive.

You were waiting for this vacation the whole year. Some people choose active holidays, full of adventures, trips and impressions. Other prefers to spend weeks lying on the sofa and watching TV. However, in my opinion, this is not the best way to spend all the free time, better if you find the appropriate balance between these two sides of the coin.

2. A vacation is not an escape from work but a matter health.

There are people who cannot be forced to take a break. May be there are those who will argue that working during holidays is normal and there is nothing wrong with working on several reports before sleep. But, you have to agree with the commonly held belief that a human’s brain needs rest and a few days free of work.

Thus, get rid of all on your work-related problems; devote your holidays to learning to love yourself.

3. Change your habits.

Can you remember the last time you had enough time to do whatever you wanted?

Have you always dreamt about dancing salsa, learning to build sails, swimming the butterfly technique, or travelling to Disneyland with children? Do not postpone things that you can do during the holidays, take your time and realize all the crazy things you have planned.

4. Rest before tiredness strikes you down.

Always remember that the primary goal of vacationing is rest and even if you have an exciting trip ahead, take a few days before you leave to free yourself from the mental clutter of work and your daily routine, spend time with family and friends.

Do not get so tired that you have no energy left to go on your long-awaited trip. Relaxation and vacation are not merely the opposite of work; they are engaging, vital parts of your life that deserve happy thoughts and careful attention. If you think of vacation as a big empty blank, it means that is all what you will get. And it is likely that you will end up with a dollop of negative stress on top.

In Azerbaijan, people do not always choose active holidays; the most common vacation is just spending time with family, planting tomatoes in the countryside.

According to poll results, 75 percent of Azerbaijanis prefer to spend their holidays at home, 16 percent sometimes inside the country and sometimes abroad, and only 9 percent spend their summer holidays abroad. The most popular destinations are the Black Sea countries, Europe, and the United Arab Emirates.

You may also create your own ways to spend a great vacation, feel fully relaxed and rested so that you are ready to get back work. Do not spend your holidays in a way that you will need another right after.