A Survival Guide for Crimbo.

Friends, as bright and merry as it is, there is no denying that the festive season can be stressful like.

December throws it all at us. Increasing pressure inside and outside of your work with nearing deadlines, staff parties, travel worries, full social calendars (or wishes for full social calendars), financial pressures, family conflicts, that end of year existential self- reflection; all of this can leave even the most psychologically robust of us shivering in our snow boots.

It is absolutely understandable that you might feel a little wobbly. Let this be your lil guide through those emotional blizzards, use it to find your way back to yourself.

As you swim against a tide of tangled tinsel, hold onto this: family time is always imperfect; despite you trying, you won’t be able to do it all; melancholy will never be far away— but neither will moments of joy.

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