Post-Travel Grounding

Back home.Here is how I get grounded after returning from a (work) trip:I do not schedule anything for my first full day back. Traveling is fun and exhausting. I usually need quiet, slowing down time to feel back at home. Like jumping off a merry-go-round - you hit the ground running before you can slow to a stop.I unpack - putting things away, sorting dirty clothes and storing the suitcase (so it doesn't live in front of my dresser, blocking drawers) really helps the travel feel done.I return to my normal morning activities (aka rituals) - the dog and I go out for a walk or bike ride, I write morning pages, I make the bed and eat my favorite foods (H was wonderful to pick up eggs and milk so I'd have groceries to make my own breakfast my first day back at home #itsthelittlethings).I take it slow - I don't expect too much of myself, I don't pressure myself to get "to dos" done, I listen to podcasts, straighten up around the apartment, and nap. Napping is important, especially if I've overloaded myself with information and conversations, like the return from a work trip.I find quality time with my husband - so much of feeling untethered in our relationship for me comes from a lack of quality time. He picked me up from the airport, we slept in on Saturday, we went out to dinner Friday night. We spent time together and that makes me feel even more comforted and grounded.I indulge - this time, I'm being even more self-indulgent and taking a 4 day weekend after traveling for work 4 days. But I'm learning more and more that my all-or-nothing personality functions well when I've rested enough. If I take an entire day to do what I want to do, or even more so, to do nothing productive at all, then I bounce back with tons of energy the next day. It's a rubber-band sling-shot type of balance that seems to suit me.How do you ground yourself after travel?

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