The Days After Getting Back and Why They Feel Flat

Nobody plans the day they land home. Which is odd, because the return is reliably the harder part. The morning of departure is neither one thing nor the other. An awkward interval. Most people waste it and then resent having wasted it. Deciding in advance what the last morning is for helps. Repetition suits the last morning better than novelty. The rushed last item is seldom worth it. The arrival home is where the real difficulty sits. The flat feeling afterwards is close to universal. A few effects arrive together. Returning to a routine that briefly looks worse by comparison. Whatever piled up while you were away. The effects are predictable enough to prepare for. A gap between landing and starting again. Almost nobody arranges it. Arriving the night before work is standard practice and bad. The bag left half-open for travelling with others (Our Web Site) days prolongs everything. The ordinary tidying that ends a trip. A modest plan for the week after. The travellers who come back without a slump unpacked the first evening.