Did You Know? You might be at risk for the Holiday Blues if you are...single, coping with a chronic or recently diagnosed disease, have a history of loss...
whoa whoa whoa...single? that is the biggest risk factor for the holiday blues? even before being diagnosed with a disease? luckily, they continue with helpful hints on how to cope and "manage your expectations":
-prioritize and minimize
-acknowledge the way you feel
-communicate your needs
-focus on what gives you peace vs. obligation (does this mean i don't have to call mom and dad on christmas?)
-realize there is no magic formula
-reflect on what really matters
-create new traditions (like drinking mimosas by yourself and listening to the mariah carey holiday pandora station)
so, that being said, i think i've done best at creating new traditions and am having the hardest time with realizing there is no magic formula. because it seems like if i weren't single, i wouldn't even get the holiday blues. and since "being in an unhealthy or stressful relationship" and "working retail on christmas eve" aren't on the risk factor list, just finding any old companion seems like a pretty magical formula to me.
...well, i gotta go watch bridget jones and eat ice cream straight out of the carton and drink wine straight out of the bottle. k bye.
1 comment:
i've had many single christmases, but working retail should be on that list, being single never made me faint and black out, but retail did. so F your flier
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