When I was little, it seemed like Christmas couldn’t come soon enough. Those weeks and months dragged on FOREVER. This pretty much went on until I went to college, when it felt like Christmas sort of fell on top of me. Where did the time go? It couldn’t be Christmas already, could it?
At the time, I figured it was because my life was significantly different than it had been. Instead of spending the weeks leading up to the holidays working on music for holiday concerts and creating cards and gifts in school, my time was spent studying for finals. While I was looking forward to the holidays (and the accompanying break), I was not so much looking forward to finals, so time could move as slowly as it wanted to.
Law school felt the same, only with more pain leading up to finals. Plus, after finals, my brain was so warped that I wished Christmas wasn’t coming for a few more weeks so I could fully get into the spirit.
Now, I spend my days at work. There are no final exams to be taken. I even spend the weeks leading up to the holidays working on music for my holiday concert with the Cathedral Choral Society. I’m busy, of course, but I can’t say it’s anything like the stress of final exams.
Of course, I still feel like I lost all the months from August on. Maybe this is what it means to be a grown-up.
Once again this year, I’m doing Holidailies. That’s right – more posts in the span of one month than you get during the rest of the year. You have been warned.
Hi. I was wondering if you were going to try Holidailies this year…
Alu.ileconftsedtdid you mean to say in your last sentence that the experience of being emotionally “hard” OR “soft” was sometimes difficult for the person experiencing it?as a therapist myself I do share that feeling you expressed of how important it is to remember how intuitive our clients are about OUR state of mind .always love your blog / thanks!