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Coming Home From Holiday: the Post-Vacation Blues, the Return Fatigue and the Detox Myth

You come home rested, and 48 hours later you're more tired than before you left. The post-vacation blues is documented, predictable — and preparable. Here's the airlock method, the sleep reset, and why the « post-holiday detox » is the worst advice of the season.

• 😔 The post-vacation blues is normal (and datable): the contrast between holiday freedom and returning constraints produces a well-described mood dip, peaking around day+2 and dissolving within 1 to 2 weeks. Knowing this changes everything: it isn't « you doing badly », it's a transition running its course
• 🚪 The airlock method: come home 2 days early: never Sunday night for a Monday morning restart. The buffer day — suitcases, groceries, NOTHING else — absorbs the logistics and lets the first workday start rested. It's the single decision that weighs most on week 1, and it's made at booking time
• 😴 Reset sleep by the WAKE time: holidays shift your hours by 1 to 2 — a mini jet-lag. The effective reset goes through the wake-up time (fixed from the first morning, daylight within 30 minutes), not the bedtime you never control anyway. The body follows within 3-4 days
• 🧃 The « post-holiday detox » myth: your liver and kidneys detox perfectly well on their own — it is literally their job. « Detox » juice cleanses are even counterproductive: one bottle can carry 20g and more of free sugars, exactly what the WHO recommends limiting. The real reset takes three words: normal plate, water, sleep. A jug of water + 1 dose of INTI (0% added sugar) does the hydration work without the sugar dressed up as virtue
• 🌅 Carry the holiday home instead of mourning it: what you miss on return isn't the beach — it's the micro-rituals: the cool terrace drink, the 20 minutes of reading, the evening walk. All of them are portable: the 6pm iced INTI mocktail mixes just as well on a Brussels balcony as in Provence. Keeping 2 holiday rituals through the first week back softens the transition better than any supplement

The return protocol: a 2-day airlock, fixed wake time + light from the first morning, a normal plate and the INTI jug instead of a detox cleanse, easing back into sport (no punitive compensation in week 1), and 2 holiday rituals kept. ⚠️ A « blues » lasting beyond 2-3 weeks, with general loss of interest, durably broken sleep or invasive anxiety = it may no longer be a return blues — talking to a professional isn't excessive, it's appropriate.

❓ FAQ

How do you avoid the post-vacation blues?

By preparing it as the predictable transition it is: the mood dip peaks around day+2 and dissolves within 1-2 weeks — normal and documented. The levers: come home 2 days before restarting (a buffer day for logistics, never Sunday night for Monday morning), reset sleep by the WAKE time (fixed from the first morning + daylight within 30 minutes — the body follows in 3-4 days), and carry 2 holiday micro-rituals into the week (the 6pm cool drink, the evening walk). Avoid the « post-holiday detox »: the liver and kidneys detox on their own, and detox juices carry 20g+ of free sugars per bottle; the real reset = normal plate, water (a jug with 1 dose of INTI, 0% added sugar, helps you drink it), sleep. A blues beyond 2-3 weeks with loss of interest = talk to a professional.