Is there anything harder than going back to work following a weeklong vacation? Of course there is, but most people would concede that doing so is no easy task. I went on a trip to Boston with my wife last week and had a great time. So great, in fact, that I dreaded having to go back to the office today. It was a miracle I was even able to get up on time! No, it's not that I disdain my job. Sure, there are things about it I wish I could change, but I like certain aspects of it. It's just difficult to get back in a working groove again after having spent several days sightseeing and soaking up as much history possible. And it isn't as though my brain was on vacation during the trip; I spent a great deal of time reading descriptions on exhibits and buildings. The bottom line is that most of us would gladly prefer sauntering around a city and hitting up popular sites and attractions to being holed up in a cubicle for eight hours every day. Somehow, though, we...