“I can’t wait for the break!” Sound familiar? Well, your next holiday won’t fix it. The busy-collapse-recover cycle just starts again a few weeks after you come back.

It’s the middle of the year. The days are short, the year’s past halfway, and already you can hear it around the office: “I can’t wait for the Christmas break.” If the holiday is four or five months away and you’re already hanging out for it, that’s worth paying attention to.

Here’s the thing. The break isn’t the problem. The pattern is. Busy, busy, busy, collapse, recover, repeat. Your next break won’t fix that. Neither will the next long weekend.

In this session, Digby Scott, leadership development specialist and author of the long-running “Christmas Won’t Fix It” provocation, will challenge the busyness-collapse cycle and share practical ways to design your days, weeks, and year so energy becomes something you sustain, not something you save up for.