HIGHS & LOWS OF THE HOLIDAYS

is it just me or does the holiday season bring a shitload of energy and build up and then the most depressive mental state the week between Christmas and New Years?

Even the 1-2-3 weeks after this “ring in” of the new year?

All the family and friends leave to go back home. Our big family dinners turn into “did I eat today?" Festive houses become echo-y and empty. My husband is back to “forgetting” to take out the trash - when he was the most helpful man-of-the-house when the parents were all here.

Bank statements will be coming in and the buyer’s remorse will come flooding in. It’s a cycle, so why do I do it?

Companies are great at marketing the “most wonderful time of the year” so the spending seems justified in the heat of the moment.

And then in a couple days I’m supposed to set new goals for the new year? I think the fuck not.

Maybe tomorrow I’ll feel motivated to drink a green juice or something “reset-y” because the world relies on this setting-intentions-for-January 1-thing…but damn, this winter feels gloomy, the world feels heavy, and I just spent $1000 for my kids to keep the “magic” of Santa alive.

There’s got to be a better way because I feel like I’m stuck in a ground hog day.