New Year~New Perspective!
By JENNY ARCHER
@bookbar (1609)
Sudbury, England
January 4, 2016 11:09am CST
I wonder, how many, like me, are breathing a huge sigh of relief, at seeing the 'backend' of the Christmas/New Year holidays?
Much as we love to see friends and family, it can be a very stressful and disorienting time and murmuring, thank goodness it's over, and the pond of Life, returns to it's normal tranquility and routine, in your mind, is how it always affects me.
Maybe I am something of an 'oddball' in this, and others would prefer the sloshing around of the waves, to continue forever.
For me I couldn't cope with Life at that pace, my mind appreciates some kind of world order, calmness and direction.
Others' take a different view, often needing others around them to function, from day to day...but that is alien to me,...as @TheHorse in his discussion, about people who need others, constantly in their lives.
For me, it is that huge sigh of relief, along with a new, refreshed perspective, on a New year, whatever it may bring....if I can mould it a little ~That's great...if not ~That's Life !
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@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
6 Jan 16
I'm glad all the madness is over and back to regular routine again. I do enjoy family time and time with friends but glad I'm back to my regular schedule again
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
6 Jan 16
@Blondie2222 The brain will only cope with so much socialising, then the need for normality sets in
@Poppylicious (11133)
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4 Jan 16
Christmas is my favourite time of year but it exhausts me completely. If it happened every week I'd be living in an asylum!
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
4 Jan 16
@Poppylicious Well the rest of us seem to feel like that after just a couple of weeks, but I do think the older you get the less appreciative you are of Xmas and all it's pitfalls
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
4 Jan 16
I can relate to what you are saying friend.
For us here there really is not much change from one day to the next on holidays as any other day of the year..it is always strife and struggle.
Not complaining at all, just take comfort in the sameness of it all somehow.
No worries friend, there are many that feel the same.
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
4 Jan 16
@TiarasOceanView Whatever the 'it' may be, it is your normality and sort of governor of your life, as you know it, so disruption becomes an alien body, to mess it all up...
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@Tampa_girl7 (49098)
• United States
4 Jan 16
As much as I enjoy the holidays, it is nice to get back to the normal routine.
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
4 Jan 16
@Tampa_girl7 While my 'routine' is not set in stone, it is something familiar, that is a framework for day to day life... so I do welcome it's return
@hostessman (11871)
• Tucson, Arizona
4 Jan 16
@bookbar I go along with you. I am happy to see the holidays come to an end. I enjoy them but only so long.
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
4 Jan 16
@hostessman I love the sea of calm that washes over me at that time... even if I'm up to my eyes in the aftermath...the pressure's gone...yippee!
@JudyEv (326093)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Jan 16
I am always glad to see the end of the holiday period. I get stressed if I don't get regular time on my own - can't stand being forever surrounded by people.
