Going on vacation every week might sound like the very unattainable dream.. All you need to do is get in the habit of treating your weekend like a vacation, suggests Cassie Mogilner Holmes, a professor at UCLA's Anderson School of Management. We asked experts to share their favorite tips for adopting a vacation mindset at home.
Get creative about making time
. Some people have to bear weekend schedules packed with work. You could still make the best of a Thursday evening, Holmes suggests. Or, spare an hour on Sunday morning for chores, but protect the rest of the weekend as your vacation time.
Decision scientist Nika Kabiri recommends doing something totally new so you can disconnect from the same old routines governing your life. Among her favorite ideas: Drive to a part of town you've never been to before, go for a city walk, and grab lunch at the first cute café you see. Or take a bike or boat tour of your city..
Don't put extra pressure on yourself
Treating your weekend like a vacation doesn't mean it needs to be a delicate affair. If your "vacation" encounters a few unexpected affairs or lasts for only a few hours, don't be annoyed..Don't put pressure on yourself to have this "perfect vacation". It's meant to be fun. Plus, there's always another one just a few days away.
A. Act like a tourist
B. Go for a city walk
C. It doesn't have to be all or nothing
D. Just ignore the work and continue to have fun
E. All the experiences make you feel the weekend vacation-like
F. But a simple mindset shift can make it happen with no travel involved
G. Not everyone has Saturday and Sunday or any two continuous days off work
