Not just for kids
Reporter Katie Simpson had a story this morning that hit home for a lot of us. It’s “September shock,” a phenomenon that kicks in after Labour Day for those of us who no longer attend school.
Everything becomes more serious, from dress codes to meeting schedules, which may have become lax while your colleagues and managers were on summer vacation.
There’s less sunlight and fewer opportunities to skip out of the office and maybe take a longer than usual lunch on a patio.
We may not have to pick up new binders and textbooks for ourselves but we will pick up the difference in tone on the job. Families are back in their routines of getting everybody up and out on time. It can take a toll on your state of mind as the same boss who lets you slack off in the summer cracks the whip on productivity as fall approaches.
You can actually feel the change in energy! And it’s only (gulp) a few days away.