Ganesh Puja is over. Navaratri is over. Diwali is over. All other festivals that made you extend your holidays are over. Now, it’s time to get back to your normal routine.

Oh, sorry, did I say, ‘normal routine’? Or did I mean, ‘daily routine’?

Okay, I know, I know…How annoying this sounds right now. For the last few months, you were enjoying life in a festive mood and celebrations were making life so much fun.

And now, suddenly you see the festivals are over, the fun, the celebrations all are over. Moreover, you have to restart your daily routine again. It feels like meh.

You want to stay a few more days in the festive mood, relax a bit more, and enjoy your holidays. But the truth is, it’s not possible because you have to go back to your normal routine as schools, colleges, and offices are opening soon.

However, feeling sad and lonely after the festival ends is a common thing for all. But if your sadness and emptiness stay longer and they are persistent, you may have post-festival blues.

Let’s know about post-festival depression or post-festival blues in detail.

What are Post-festival Blues?

When you are back to the mundaneness of life after a long celebration of the festivities with your dear ones, and friends, and having lots of fun, partying, and enjoying every pulse of the festival delights, you suddenly start feeling sad. Additionally, you are accompanied by loneliness because your relatives and friends leave for their homes, and you become alone with your close ones, just like usual time.

Moreover, after having a good time with all kinds of enjoyment and preparing yourself tirelessly for the celebrations, all of sudden everything becomes dull as you are back to the reality – that you have to restart the humdrum of life again, and continue showing up every day following the same routine, until the next festival approaches.

As a result, it is obvious to fall into monotony and feel a lack of motivation to press the resume button of life and return to the daily routine again. This is when you are caught in post-festival blues or post-festival withdrawal syndrome.

Symptoms of Post-festival Blues:

When extreme sadness engulfs you at the beginning of post-festival blues, however, some other symptoms can surround you during this phase. You may also experience:

• Loneliness

• Lethargy to do anything

• Fatigue

• Lack of sleep

• Lack of energy to work

Most importantly, you may feel crying when remembering the good days during the festivals and the fun you had while celebrating. Gradually, all of these symptoms continue to make you feel worse because you go far from your healthy lifestyle and routine.

Therefore, you need to get back to the natural rhythm of life soon. However here it is necessary to bring yourself back to the daily humdrum at the soonest because the sooner you realize the reality the better it is to resume your normal daily life.

However, I would suggest you give yourself time to get back. If needed, fix a deadline for you to start over and then, take small steps to return to the mundaneness again.

How to Get Over Post-festival Blues with Small Steps:

It is better to start with easy and simple things first. Therefore, you can follow doing these things slowly, at your own pace, and taking it easy, one thing at a time.

Resume Workouts:

During festivals, you have lots of cheat days and break the routine food habits. Moreover, Indian festivals are never complete without delicious foods and yes, most importantly, sweets.

Also, festive days are meant to have breaks from the everyday hustle, and thus, you may prefer to skip exercises. Therefore, when you are taking small steps to return to your daily routine, first, start doing workouts.

Start with simple and easy ones, and then, slowly get back to the normal workout routine.

Eat Healthy and Detox:

Indian festivals mean trying new recipes and having delicacies, sweets, snacks, and delicious meals. All of them are a sign of the enjoyment you have during festivals.

But now when you are getting back to the normal routine, start eating healthy. Keep vegetables, salads, fruits, and fiber-rich foods in your daily food chart. Avoid junk foods, oily snacks, and sweets.

Additionally, have small breaks munching with different nuts, and drink plenty of water to detox and keep yourself dehydrated.

Practice Mindfulness:

When you are feeling sad remembering the good moments of festival days, try to contemplate instead of being sad. Find some quiet time and meditate upon the good things that happened and the happiness you received in those days.

Meditate upon the joy, the delight, and the lights, and manifest the positivity around you. This way, your mood will be uplifted and you will be motivated to start over.

Connect with Dear Ones:

If you are missing the festival fun, why miss the gossip and chit-chat with your dear ones? They are just a call away, so make a call today and have talks on all the enjoyments you had during the celebrations.

It will improve your mood and give you a boost to continue the daily routine as usual days.

Spend Time with Yourself:

I love to bring back my favorite hobbies like singing and reading when trying to restore my energy during post-festival blues. Once I find the reason to be happy with myself, there is no looking back to the fun and enjoyment that lasted for only some days, because I get the key to reload my life with happy things and unlimited happiness.

Practice Self-care:

After the celebrations are over, take a deep breather and start planning to indulge yourself in your favorite self-care activities. For instance, oil your hair, bath for a bit longer, soak yourself in the sun, drink a cup of tea sitting on your balcony, watch the sunset sky, meditate, and most importantly, find some time for relaxing by doing nothing.

Have Proper Rest:

When it comes to recovering from the post-festival blues, it is most important to give yourself ample rest. Because during the festive days, you were busy with the preparations and the celebrations. As a result, you cannot take proper rest as there is always something listed in the to-do list and the mind keeps counting the tasks completed and reminding you of the one to be done next.

Therefore, now it is time for rest. Have proper sleep; if possible, maintain a healthy sleep routine – go to bed early and rise early so you can do some physical activities.

Final Words:

Festivals add more colors, fun, and happiness to the calendar. You wait for long to celebrate the festive days with your friends and family, making good memories and turning some days extraordinary from the ordinary daily routine.

Therefore, it is obvious to feel sad when the festivals end and you remember the gleeful days to go back again. However, the fact is you need to live the other days with the usual routines and it is necessary to live with them happily. Therefore, it is better to mark the calendar for your festive days and count them eagerly to approach so you can enjoy them to the fullest.

Meanwhile, try to find something precious, something special from the mundaneness by taking the above steps.

Slowly, one step at a time.