The piece of a vacation that few people plan is their coming home. Without a plan, you can come home to such chaos that you lose that vacation buzz when you walk in the door.

• Schedule an hour to sort the mail. Separate it into three piles: bills and other things that require immediate action; things that can go right to the shredder or recycling bin; things that require attention — but not immediately.
• Schedule an hour to clear out your email. Once again, divide it into address immediately, delete immediately, address later.
• Make sure that you have some basics for your meals the first day back: breakfast bars or frozen waffles, some frozen soup for lunch, and pasta with sauce for dinner. You can go to the grocery store the next day.
• If you've traveled across several time zones, consider giving yourself an extra day to rest and re-acclimate before you return to work.
• Unpack as soon as possible. Unpacking isn't complete until laundry is done, the suitcase is put away, and souvenirs have found their final resting place.
• Don't even try to catch up with social media.
• Set aside a day to organize your photos, souvenirs, etc. Label photos and back them up.
• Don't overschedule yourself (at work or home) the week after you return. There is no benefit to wearing yourself to a frazzle as soon as you get home.