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Hello, friends, and welcome to the mini-eddit from Edit Your Life.

In these snack-sized mini-episodes, I answer your questions about everything from self-care

to parenting, to relationships, to home, and more.

Think of me like that friend you text or call when you need a quick piece of compassionate

and candid advice. Send me your questions.

Last month, I wrote a substack post called 12

tips to manage post-vacation blues, and it later occurred to me that a number of the

recommendations regarding establishing boundaries, small goals, and loving touchpoints

would apply to any kind of re-entry, even if it's just coming off the weekend.

So I wanted to curate and edit from that post for this many edit.

Here are my 10 tips.

First, choose one easy household thing to tackle.

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