Craving or dreading the return to familiarity?    In fact, we’re creatures of habit and the fact that our holiday has interrupted our routine, it does restore our energy and vitality for the last quarter.

Return to Work …

Secretly, we’re ready to put the work or school uniform on again and catch up with colleagues, and line managers; school friends and teachers.    As Maslow tells us our building blocks need to be in place before we feel motivated – we all need a sense of belonging and to feel part of something.  

True we’re part of something transient  when we travel, experiencing new sights, sounds our senses are engaged, and even though we think we’d like to prolong our stay, reality sets in.   As John Lennon said: ‘Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans’.      

Back to School

New teachers spark our interest, we’re learning something new, we may be in different classes, meeting new students and making new friends.    So the dread leaves us and we feel ‘included’ and looking forward to new insights.

And what we all notice is the return to traffic jams, as parents drive children to school gates, the tube is heaving once more with the full work-force and buses load up with daily commuters, while cyclists weave in and out of cycle lanes and London is buzzing once more.