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by James Adam

Have a Break to Experience a Voyage


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As the title itself speaks, we are packed with stress and all other negativity within us. Living life is more important than just going with the flow. Taking a break from the daily chores and experiencing the joy in travelling and trekking is an obligatory aspect of your life. It’s not necessary that you have to go on a long tour or something. You can start trekking once you return from work or when you find the time.

Above all this helps your heart and mind to work better than before. As matter of fact, it reduces the risk of heart-related diseases. Also, it stimulates your creativity to flow. Getting a break will help you to recharge yourself and get back with great energy. So it’s worth taking a break when you are really stressed out. I hope that once you finish reading this you will be all set to kick-start your journey.

Some important reasons to hit the trail are enumerated briefly.

A sense of freedom

Everyone is tied to various stress causing issues. Trekking brings you away from all those things. It relieves you from all your burden and stress. Thus offering a touch of freedom and helping to relax.

Experience the adventure

For all those adventure lovers out there, trekking helps you to experience it. Every day you start running you will discover something new. It’s is like an escape from the fast-moving world.

Refresh your brain

I am 100% sure that your brain must have been exhausted by facing your daily challenges and obstacles. It’s important that you give it a change of scenario. Travelling or trekking has been proved as the best brain exercise. It increases your productivity.

It counts as an exercise

Trekking is a really good cardio workout. It also strengthens your muscles and knee joints. This will reduce the chances of knee injuries in future. This also helps you get a peaceful sleep at night and reboot yourself.

Best way to hang out

If you are planning for a trip with your friends and family, consider trekking as an option. You will have a lot of time to spend with one another amongst nature. Sometimes it is also free.

Things to remember before you start trekking are,

  • Get your backpack ready. Carry whatever you might need. Remember to exclude the unnecessary ones to have a light backpack. Go for the best tent or the best 4 person tent if travelling in groups for a long distance.
  • Carry a map with you if you are about to trek in some unknown areas. Always go with the actual route and avoid trying shortcuts unless and until you are aware of that place.Pack your medications along with you. Sometimes you might be in need of them. So it is healthy to carry them. Especially if you have asthma, heart-related issues then it are mandatory to carry them. You must carry bandages and other requirements.
  • While hiking have a frequent intake of water. Pause then and there to take a small 5-minute break.
  • Discard your thought of trekking with an empty stomach. It is not a reliable act.
  • You are hiking just to enjoy. So don’t choose the path that does not suit you.
  • Have a good trekking company. Carry someone who knows the route better.
  • Have an idea about the weather beforehand. Update yourself about the upcoming storms or cyclones if any.


About 2500 people make it up to the Everest as per data. So it’s better now than never. Travelling and trekking fetch you the experience that no other book in the world can teach. For many, it has been a phase of self-discovery and realisation. So this summer gift yourself a break to cherish and live along with nature.


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by Incredible Planet Staff

Tips for returning to the workplace after a career break


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Much like returning to work after a holiday, taking a career break and heading back into the workplace is never easy – especially if you have to find a new job. Whatever your reason for taking a break away from your career, whether it has been a year or more than a decade, it can often feel difficult to jump back into your professional career where you left off and ‘get back into it’.

Often, when trying to find a new job after being away from the desk for a long period of time, it isn’t uncommon to apply to a mass of jobs that are suitable, flexible, local and have a worthwhile pay-packet. However, when the news you hear back is anything but “You’ve got the job!”, your (already) fragile self-confidence is set to decline rapidly even further.

As a result, here are three top tips to aid the transition back into the workplace, to ensure job success!

  • Boost your self-belief before you do anything

Returning to an industry can be tough. When updating your CV, it isn’t unusual to begin comparing yourself to others with more experience, often making you second-guess your own skills and strengths. So, it is important to be clear on your strengths and skills to increase your confidence and stand in good stead against the many other candidates applying for jobs.

One way of doing this is sitting down with a friend or family member and going through what you are good at. Write down at least 5 achievements and the skills you have demonstrated to achieve these successes in your career – examples are highly valuable and show potential employers how you work.

In addition, it is worth updating your skills and knowledge of the industry by taking part in courses (such as Prince 2 training or more specific refresher courses), reading about the current industry news in the news or through social media channels, such as LinkedIn or Twitter.

  • Networking is key

It’s so easy to neglect relationships with your work colleagues when taking a break in your career for a variety of reasons. Let’s face it, sometimes life simply gets in the way. Thus, before you start to meet people in your industry and begin to start the all-important process of networking, it is certainly worth spending time to create the perfect LinkedIn profile and re-connecting with some of your former colleagues.

Once you begin networking, it is helpful to reflect on your career to date, to have a clear, confident answer when you are quizzed by other professionals about your working life, or even for a job interview. Be prepared to outline your work experience and qualifications in the industry before your break, as well as giving a brief explanation of your break (without needing to justify or make apologies – people understand). It is worth also mentioning any relevant study or voluntary work you may have completed whilst taking your career break, and where you are now; what do you want to do now that you plan to return to work?

  • Consider a work placement or ‘returnship’

Everyone knows that experience is key, and the more evidence you have of it on your CV, the better. To avoid drawing attention to the gap in your CV, it is important to be creative and clever, and where possible, as for some help.

Whether this be through getting in touch with contacts from the industry, proposing a short ‘work placement’ or ‘returnships’, freelance or temporary work, it can really help to fill the gap in your CV, which naturally helps to build your network and professional confidence. It may even result in a full-time job.