I do love this time of year, the lights, the excitement, the count down and the planning. It is always accompanied with a dose of adrenalin as to how everything will get done before the year pulls to a close.
Whatever planning I seem to do, it is always a mad busy month with a big dash at the end to get everything done.
One of my favourite parts is picking out gifts for family and friends. I really enjoy thinking about who I wish to buy for and musing over what would they like. I then enjoy perusing the possibilities, often by internet these days, and looking at the different toys and books and thinking through if the ideas match the person.
This is only fun if there is enough time, doing any such shopping under pressure is just never fun. However doing it too early loses its appeal to me to. So in fact this week is the optimum week for finalising my gifts, to ensure they get shipped to arrive on time.
I realise this is not an enjoyable time for many people, the run up to Christmas is often associated with memories and traditions that can be plain hard and emotional. But somehow they seem to put on a brave face as the rest of the world is just so merry.
In our house, we have pantomimes, Christmas markets, christmas gift exchange dinners and work parties to enjoy this month, and that in between the roof renovations, the living room overhaul, the new bed being delivered and the christmas food planning for the family coming to stay! Oh and at work all the end year processes including doing and writing over 10 year end reviews. I get exhausted just writing it all down!
So how ready are you for the year end?
What are the top three things you still want to do?
How do you cope with this time of the year, if all you can muster is Bah Humbug? Anything you want to ask us Merry reindeers to stop annoying you with?
How are you feeling right now?
Take a breath, grab a few quite minutes and think about this, it might be your only chance to do it in the next few weeks
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