Member-only story
The Social Pressure to Catch Up Before Christmas: Why I’m Saying ‘No Thanks’
The Importance of Prioritising Self-Care During the Holiday Season
December.
It’s that time of year again.
November has passed, and the world starts to live in a timeline that counts down to the end of the year.
Kids have end-of-year class parties, offices have end-of-year celebrations, and there are girls lunches to celebrate another year gone by (which are actually just another excuse to get drunk and have a day out before six weeks of school holidays really display what parental responsibility is all about.)
Generally speaking, I love this time of year.
It feels like the only time on the calendar when it is perfectly acceptable to drop the ball.
You didn’t send gluten-free, sugar-free, taste-free treats to the third-grade class party?
It’s ok. It’s almost the end of the year.
You didn’t format that word document into a pdf file as well as you usually do?
It’s ok. It’s almost the end of the year.
