There are individual differences for the need for vacation time. Some people become bored when they are away from the office too long. Others begin to lose a sense of worth when on extended vacations. Balance is the key to the successful use of vacations. Here are some ideas both for benefiting from vacation time:
Ø Schedule vacations and keep them.
Ø Quit work early or take time off when fatigue builds. Sustained effort toward a goal is best balanced with laughter and play.
Ø Plan an occasional long weekend away from work.
Ø Returning to work tired after a vacation or time off indicates the wrong approach to leisure time.
Ø Have you ever noticed how people on the tennis court or the golf course shout and act as if they are fighting allieverybody around them. Those who enjoy life, play for the fun of playplaying for the fun, they play better. Play—-free and spontaneous activity—-emphasizes enjoyment not achievement.
o Emotion, not effort, enhances play. Attitude, not activity, determines whether we work or play.
o Leisure activity should be fun, not a drain on the emotions.
o Sports and games should bring more laughs than frowns.
Ø Every day ask yourself, "Am I having fun yet?"
o Surround yourself with people who fill you with joy and laughter.
o Be an inverse paranoid-think the world is out to do you good. Decide to be hopeful and fun loving.
o Don't take yourself so seriously. Those people who have a cosmic view of life cultiallows them to tolerate outrageous fortune. They laugh at themselves and their situations. They develop a "hang-loose" philosophy of life.
o Read or listen to humor regularly.
o Keep a humor scrapbook.
o Marry someone who thinks everything you say is funny.
o When a situation becomes stressful, pretend it's all a Candid Camera episode.
o Practice LOL—it's internal jogging.
o Remember: He who laughs, lasts. A sense of humor - that goes beyond joke telling at oneself and life's absurdities. When we learn to "think funny" our life becomes enriched with friends and fellowship.
o Play golf. Golf is just like life: Difficult and unfair. Par is 18 laughs a round.
Ø Cultivate creativity. Creative people see connections between things when others see separation. Creativity requires knowledge, for many creative ideas come from old concepts rearranged in a new way.
o Break the rules by questioning the reasoning behind them. Alexander untied the Gordian knot by chopping it in half while others had failed for centuries because they followed the rule and tried to untie it.
o Ask "what if' questions. Einstein conceived the theory of relativity by asking, "What if I could ride a light beam?"
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