Suvi. Everything should be light, airy, holiday-weary…
But you’ve got a desk full of stuff. Because the parties are resting – you’re replacing, covering, reacting, producing results for several. Because you think that’s the way it should be and that’s normal, it’s always been that way.
Does it really have to?
📌 It’s very OK that during the holidays many jobs are simply put on hold. As it is. You don’t do less, but you don’t have to do more for more.
How do you keep yourself going in the summer, when the job is not going anywhere, but half the people doing it are disappearing or are summer replacements whose skills are not high?
Learn to set limits. Or rather – dare to set boundaries!
👉 1. Discuss in a team what is “good enough”.
Not everything has to be top class in summer. Let’s agree:
– At what quality are we doing things now?
– What’s waiting for autumn?
– What’s just enough to keep, not develop?
👉 2. The one who is at work – but not a double.
You don’t have a clause in your contract that says: “during the holidays, work two jobs”. When you’re at work, do the work, reprioritise things and put some things on pause. If you’re helping cover for others, do it to a reasonable extent – without losing yourself. Yes, you’ll also be replaced while you rest – and that’s normal. But mutual support does not mean sacrifice. Sharing the load doesn’t mean that someone has to pull their weight.
👉 3. Realistic deadlines, realistic workload.
Not everything has to happen now. Very few things really “explode” if they are done in August or September. Ask honestly: does it have to be done now? Or do we just think so because we are used to doing everything now and now? Is it this habit that mostly causes stress? But it’s just a tension we have built up inside ourselves that everything is so important. It’s not.
🟢 We don’t need to play hero and save the day when others are resting. Work is not life, but work supports life. Work should not become bigger than life itself.
