The holidays are a time when we want to acknowledge the people around us. We want to let family, friends, and coworkers know that we appreciate their presence in our lives. But sometimes it can be difficult to find the best way to express the way we feel, especially to an acquaintance or coworker we … Continue reading
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Catching The Holiday Spirit (While Avoiding Holiday Pitfalls)
You know, it’s kind of hard to get excited about Christmas when money is tight. My heart feels big and generous while my wallet keeps shrinking, and it doesn’t help that Amazon, LivingSocial, and Groupon (to name a few retailers) keep flooding my IN box with offers. Delete, delete, delete. I don’t even open those … Continue reading
‘Tis the Season to be Jolly? Getting Into the Holiday Spirit
“Deck the halls with boughs of holly, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la! ‘Tis the season to be jolly, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la!” …or, at least that’s how the song goes. While the holidays are a time for celebration and socializing, gift-giving and indulging, for many of us they are a time for worry, anxiety, and depression. There are pressures to … Continue reading
‘Tis The Season for Socialist Santa!
Depending on where you are from, you have probably, at some time, participated in the holiday gift-giving tradition of “Secret Santa”, “Kris Kringle”, or “Pollyanna”, either at work or with a group of friends. It’s that system of randomly (and secretly) selecting the name of a person in the group for whom to give a … Continue reading
Simple Pleasures 