MAXIMIZE YOURMELLOW


Does your post-vacation calm turn to chaos once you’re back at work? Here’s how to make the benefits of a break last longer


by Lisa van de Geyn photo by Eric Martin/Figaro I


T’S DAWN ON A CLEAR MORNING IN JANUARY and Lisa Ligori is about 2,000 feet above Arizona’s Sonoran Desert. It’s her first time in a hot-air balloon and the view is nothing short of spectacular. Ligori and the two friends she’s travelling with marvel at the golden sunrise, majestic red rock and thorny


cacti below. When they land, the trio takes a 580-km road trip to San Diego, then head up the coast to La Jolla, Calif. Highlights of the trip include a tour of a retired US military aircraſt carrier and a day at the famous San Diego Zoo watching a family of goril- las. These five vacation days that Ligori tacked onto the end of a business trip were just the break she needed. But by Tuesday, work is beckoning. Ligori, an associate manager


in financial planning and analysis at SC Johnson, flies home to Brantford, Ont., and is in the office the next morning. She catches


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