Before you take your holiday break, write your to-do list for your first day back.

Cari Nazeer has a great suggestion for making your return to work from the holidays more productive, whether you’re taking a couple of long weekends for Christmas and New Year’s or a couple of weeks at the end of December:

Make a plan for your first day back so you don’t have to think too hard about what you’re doing when the time comes.

Image by Jacquelyn Lynn

Read Cari’s brief post in Forge here:

One thing to do before signing off for the holiday

For more detail and to see the source Cari quoted, read Emily Underwood’s article here:

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