Welcome to the busiest time of the year. Just going to the shops to get everyday items is becoming a whole task onto itself that I want to avoid now that the Christmas mania has begun. Turbo shopping mothers are piling into the stores with their long shopping lists & extreme impatience if you get in their way- trust me on this, I almost had my foot run over last week at the shops! For me, this time of year has a subtle buzzing undertone of excitement to it. Not only is December busy for the festive season, but it is also mine & my mothers birthday during the month too. Growing up we never kicked off the Christmas festivities until after my birthday so things got Christmassy around the second week of December for us. Even though Luke & I have been married for 5 years he didn't know this family fact until last week when he asked to put up the tree early. In all the houses I've lived in since moving out of home many years ago I've never really got into the spirit of decorating my own place. But now that we have Romy in the mix Luke & I are making more of an effort to get festive for special occasions so she can have the same joyful memories about her early childhood Christmases like we both did.
And it doesn't stop there because a few days after you have recovered from your Christmas food coma, there is the NYE anticipation to process; finishing projects, setting next years goals & crossing that last thing off your 2014 to-do list. So last week I decided to try and deal with the New Year anticipation in a calm way so I don't feel overwhelmed about not exactly getting everything crossed off of my list for this year. In fact, I'm pretty sure that mid way through the year I abandoned it because we had a few spanner in the works situations. I wrote my 2015 goals in my notes on my phone and have been casually adding to it when I think of something & I'm feeling really positive about already having set them. I have a few last bits and pieces to get for Christmas and a tree to put up next week and then I'm ready to enjoy this wonderful time of year.
I need to start my 2015 goals! New Years is right around the corner. :)
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It is almost a little frightening how fast the new year is approaching! Good luck with your goals :)
DeleteI've always wondered how people born in December feel about their birthday and Christmas, if it's one big celebration or two separate ones :) I like the idea of adding to your 2015 goals as you go instead of trying to come up with a list on the spot (and not really coming up with anything sensible)!
ReplyDeleteBecause our birthdays are in the beginning of december we usually can have our celebrations separately. I always looked at it this way, I could spend the whole year thinking of what I wanted and if I didn't get it for my birthday then I would usually get it for Christmas!
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