3 Holiday Season Thoughts

1. Put yourself top of the holiday priority list. For many, this holiday season is anything but a holiday. We probably have more back to back ‘meetings’ with friends and family than we have on a normal day.

This is a lesson I’ve learnt from time to time. The most important thing during holidays is to make sure we have fun. And if we don’t take care of ourselves, no one else will. Besides, if we’re not happy, we’re not likely to be good company anyway. So, it’s definitely for the greater good.. ;)

2. It’s fine if it’s short. Make it meaningful. This is another lesson that I’m learning with time. As time passes by, quality time with those we love is likely to be short. Too short. That said, our memories are never about stretches of time. They are about moments. Meaningful times make for great moments.

And happy moments tend to be meaningful.  So, I hope we all spend time doing those things that make us and the people around us happy. And these are often little things – traditions that have stood the test of time. Lunch at small restaurant, a snack at that old haunt, a drive down places where you’ve shared great memories or even playing a fun board game.

These things generally don’t cost much and don’t take too much time either.

Ten years down the road, short won’t matter. Meaningful will.

3. Things. End. Fine. For many of us, this last stretch can hardly come too soon. There may be a few days of work left or it may just be the much awaited end of what’s been a not-so-good year. Or it may just be that we don’t have much of a break at all. In any case, for all those who are going through a difficult phase that only feels harder when you look at all the celebration happening around you, here’s a quote that I’ve found come true from time to time.