While many of his club team-mates were playing international football during the summer, Erling Haaland spent it helping his dad chop wood.
The Manchester City striker would no doubt have preferred to have been at the Euros with Norway but they failed to qualify so it was a summer of chores and relaxation instead.
And it seems to have done him the world of good.
Two games in and he has scored four goals, adding another hat-trick to his collection in Saturday's 4-1 win against Ipswich.
It means he already has double the tally of any other player - albeit very early into the new season - but his manager Pep Guardiola is excited by how hungry a refreshed Haaland looks.