So we all know how it goes. You’ve had the best holiday of your life, met Juan from Cuba and been caught up in a whirlwind of kisses and cosmopolitans. After a few teary kisses at the airport, you’re back in rainy England, trying desperately to stop yourself from booking on to the next flight out.
It’s hard to adjust back to a life of normality, especially after you found your future husband who just so happens to live five gazillion miles away.
It happens every year, but that doesn’t make the heartbreak any less painful. Here’s how to ditch those post-summer, and post-romance, blues:-
1. Delete them off all social media
Cold turkey is the best way to eliminate those post-romance pangs, and you’ll save yourself spending hours checking his Facebook or Instagram. This step can be missed out if you know you’ll want a cheeky stalk 5 years from now, but if you’re finding yourself trying desperately not to like their ‘Rome 2008’ pictures, it might be a good idea to clear your head, and Twitter, of all temptation. You know what they say – out of sight, out of mind!
2. Go wild during Freshers’ week
Freshers is the optimum time to let your hair down and forget your woes. Soon enough you’ll be singing your heart out in Top Top feeling fabulous, so focused on how much fun you’re having you won’t have time to even think about anything else. Freshers is the perfect time to meet new people and also a good time to make new ‘friends’… if you catch our drift. Juan who?
3. Focus on the future
The good thing about the end of summer is that it comes right before the beginning of a new term. Autumn and winter are full of things to look forward to – Bonfire Night, Halloween and Christmas are all on the way. Plan a night out with the girls a few weeks in advance or book a train ticket for a weekend home. Having something to look forward to stops us from looking back!
4. Get busy
A new term is often the time for faint promises of ‘I will work hard’ and ‘I will go to EVERY lecture this year’, but throwing yourself into your work, and actually (gasp) doing your summer reading (even if it is 3 weeks into term) will keep your mind occupied. Of course we can’t promise your mind won’t wander back to those sandy shores in one or two of your more boring seminars…
We know it’s hard to get back in to the routine of everyday life after summer, and post-holiday blues are inevitable. But following these basic rules will help you get away from the palm trees and paradise, and back into reality – we promise it’s not as bad as it first feels!