Why the Vacation Glow Can Fade by the First Week Back

It's the first Monday after the trip. The suitcase is still half unpacked on the bedroom floor, there's sand in the car, and the inbox has a number on it you'd rather not read. By Wednesday the vacation photos look like they belong to someone else. That fast fade doesn't mean you did your time off wrong. This episode looks at what researchers in the Netherlands found when they followed working people through a ski trip and through long summer holidays. In those studies, the good feeling rose while people were away and had generally faded within the...