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If We Make It Through December
Everything will be alright
The song “If We Make It Through December” became a massive hit in 1973 as it resonated with the perseverance and personal hardships of the holiday season. Fifty-two years later, the story still echoes our holiday stress and anxiety.
You may dread the entire month. The stress can take everything away that the season means to you.
We feel obligated to participate in so many events and celebrations. We feel overwhelmed, anxious and behind the timeline every moment of the thirty-one days of the month.
Take a hard look at your calendar. What do you want to do? What do you feel obligated to? Which events do you feel you are giving too much of your time and energy to, yet would still like to be involved? Do you feel you have to be everything for everybody?
It’s okay to say no. It’s okay to let people know you already have something going that day, even if it’s in a different time frame. Take a deep breath and let go of events you really aren’t interested in.
Let people know that you are happy to bring a plate of cookies purchased at a bakery, but not to provide three dozen homemade treats. Try not to have more than one event on your calendar per day.
