When a person goes on a long-awaited vacation, but returns from it devastated and even more exhausted than before him, it is not his fault and his inability to rest, but the number of days allotted for recovery. In addition to the fact that a vacationer may face difficult situations on vacation - loss of documents, being late for the plane and so on - the duration of the rest can cause a blow to well-being.
If the vacation is very short, such as a day off for a couple of days, which is recommended by the authorities in order not to let go on a good rest, a person will not be able to get all the benefits of the weekend. If the employee decides to go to all the trouble and takes 20 days of vacation, which he has accumulated for a couple of years, he may get tired of rest and feel even worse.
Scientists decided to take care of the issue of an ideal rest and revealed how many days it will take a person to spend the perfect vacation, get the whole range of positive emotions without "resting" at the same time.
In the United States of America , the "Journal of Happiness" is published, where a study was published, during which it was found that a person can begin to experience problems with health and the nervous system if he rests for more than 8 days (?!). Short trips for a couple of days will only cheer up the body, which is just tuned in to rest, and he needs to work again. Too long weekends can disrupt the planning of the future workflow and significantly reduce the motivation to continue working. Scientists have found that travelers who went on an eight-day vacation rest both physically and morally. In the first days, the level of happiness from being out of the house rises and reaches a peak by 8 days. After that, the pleasure begins to subside, and the period of vacation fatigue begins, which scientists recommend avoiding when leaving vacation at the peak of joy from the days spent.
The eight-day vacation period becomes the optimal period of time when the human psyche will undergo rehabilitation, but will not lose its working capacity. A week's rest is a necessary phenomenon for a worker as well as a daily sleep. Resting too little, you can get emotional burnout from work and lose the ability to perform it effectively. To maintain your condition at a high level, you need to go out several times a year for weekly breaks, and not once every six months for three weeks. Having rested for 7-8 days, a person will restore the stock of physical and moral strength, which is enough to continue working and reach new career peaks.
