All too often there can be pressure to ‘holiday’ a certain way, particularly in the period leading up to festivities and on the day itself.
When faced with using our downtime to meet certain expectations, a holiday can be a stressful time and the opposite of what we need – an opportunity to take a break and recharge our mental battery.
Joanne Turner, Manager of Psychological Services at Allianz, suggests there are certain rules of thumb that, when applied, can create a mentally healthy holiday and a satisfying period of rest and reinvigoration.