Americans spend more hours at work than people in many other countries. If you’re having trouble making time for a break, recent research suggests that simply treating your weekends like a vacation can make you happier.
, from researchers at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, are based on a series of experiments. In one study of 441 workers, half were instructed to spend a spring weekend like they would any other. But the other participants were instructed, “Treat this weekend like a vacation.”When people returned to work Monday, those who spent the weekend like vacationers reported more happiness, less negativity and more satisfaction than those who approached the weekend like they always did.
One reason the vacation approach may have worked wonders: The vacation mind-set appears to be a more mindful mind-set. Vacationers reported being more attentive to the present moment. “Treating the weekend like a vacation activates a mind-set shift — nudging us out of our constant doing mode, where our activities are items we’re trying to get through to check off our to-do lists,” said Cassie Holmes, professor at UCLA’s Anderson School and a study co-author. “The vacation mind-set allows us to feel like we can actually take a break and enjoy the moment.
The study showed that getting into the vacation mind-set during the weekend is relatively easy. To replicate the research in your life, just use this six-word prompt at the start of the weekend: “Treat the weekend like a vacation.” It’s that simple. “I love this finding because it’s so easy to implement, yet can have such a dramatic effect,” said Holmes, author of the book, “The researchers had one important caveat. They “strongly cautioned” readers against using the technique as a substitute for actually taking a vacation. But the results, they said, offer “initial clues into how vacations improve emotional well-being and identify a way for people to make more of the time off they already have.
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