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Here's the Trick to Making Your Vacation High Last When You Return to Work

We all know that feeling we get when a well-deserved vacation is coming to an end.

You waited all that time to get out of town and then just like that—poof!—it’s over. And before you know it, you’re back in the office picking up right where you left off. It’s almost as if the whole thing never even happened.

But here’s the good news: It doesn’t have to be that way. You can make sure your next transition back to the real world is as pain-free as can be by watching this New York Magazine video—you may even return with a smile.

Photo of man relaxing on vacation courtesy of Paul Bradbury/Getty Images.