Burnt out from all the Holiday socials you have slogged through?
Running on fumes from all the last minute requests from your boss?
Panicked about the number of presents you still need to buy?
Hang in there. The holidays start in a few hours.
They can’t come soon enough. Seriously. I don’t get this December thing. It is insane. It seems that every year it gets busier and busier. The meetings. The parties. The planning. The final push to hit numbers. The job seekers. The networkers. The out of the blue emails from associates long forgotten. Sick kids. Extra hockey practices. Plus a staff cookie exchange.
Just this morning I’ve got someone else trying to book a meeting for tomorrow. Please go away. It’s Christmas time.
Seriously. I mean it. I’m spent. Tired. Exhausted. I don’t have one more meeting left in me. I can’t even think about when I’m going to buy my niece’s present. Let alone stocking stuffers for ten people. Why does my family still do stockings anyway? (Are you now trying to figure out what Christmas stockings are?It’s not that I’m cranky. It’s the opposite in fact. I love Christmas. My parents always did a great job of making the season feel really special when I was a kid. Snacks for Santa. Sitting in the usually off limits living room reading fables. (Yes I’m old enough to have grown up in a house with “off-limits” rooms.) My Dad pretending that reindeer were landing on our roof.
I just want some time this year to enjoy it. Can’t we slow Christmas down? Create a nice holiday pace? Give it that Hallmark card feel. Heck some snow would help.
That sounds nice doesn’t it? Hopefully you’re going to do the same. Relax. Chill. Take time away from the grind.
Okay? Sound good? You good with this plan?
Great! So stop bloody emailing me!!!!! (-:
Merry Christmas.