December is here and we all know what that means…Christmas!
Last week (yes, in November!) I was regaled with stories
from work colleagues about how they had already finished their Christmas
shopping and put their decorations up.
As I drove to work this morning I was dazzled by the
Christmas lights adorning houses and the Christmas trees looking warm and cosy
in living rooms.
I have decided to embrace Christmas early this year. Ok,
so the tree isn’t up yet but I have turned on some fairy lights. I
even bought some silver stars on sticks and one of those Christmassy red
plants!
Normally I avoid Christmas throughout December. I
leave it all until the last minute. Why? Because I’m scared
of celebrating too soon. If I celebrate Christmas all throughout December
then by Christmas Day the magic will have worn off.
This always results in the same thing. Christmas Day
comes and goes and I don’t feel that I’ve ever fully embraced the
Christmas spirit. The day itself it over in a blur, December as a whole
generally goes too quickly.
I don’t just do this with Christmas. When I was
at school I told myself that only adults stood a chance at getting published,
so I didn’t even try. It was only when I hit my mid-twenties and
suddenly realised I was an adult that I began looking into the process. How
stupid of me. If I’d started all this work earlier, rather than
being worried about the timing, maybe I would be published by now. (Although
I probably wouldn’t be proud of what I’d published).
So this year I’m going to start celebrating Christmas
now. This minute. I’m going to enjoy a whole month of
festivities. I’m not going to wait until the ‘appropriate’
time and I’m going to try and carry that message into the rest of my life.
Don’t wait until the last week of December to get out
those fairy lights.
Don’t wait until you’re a grown up before you
live your dreams.
It’s all about those cheesy, annoying quotes about living
for the day, following your dreams, chasing the rainbow.
If you can do it now, do it. Enjoy it. Embrace
it. Live it.
Eat Christmas chocolate log while watching a Christmassy
film right at the beginning of December! I’ve already had two
chocolate logs and it’s only the 4th…
Why wait? I've had two christmas parties in november this year
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