Plan Your First Hour Back at Work After Annual Leave

The first hour back from leave sets the tone for the whole week, and diving straight into the inbox usually means losing the morning to it entirely. This gives a simple order for tackling email, messages, and calendar in that first hour, plus one thing to deliberately avoid so you do not drown before the day has properly started.

You are back at work tomorrow after time off and the inbox is going to be a mess. Describe [roughly how long you were away and what you know is waiting], and get back a simple plan for the first hour: what order to tackle email, messages, and calendar in, and one thing to deliberately not do in that first hour so you do not immediately drown.