The Holiday Limbo

Funny how those days between Christmas and New Year’s make you feel like you’re stuck in a limbo, a twilight zone, where everything is permitted and it’s like no one judges you. Want to start drinking in the morning? Go ahead! Want to hang out on the couch all day? By all means. Want to go to the office and catch up on work? Why not!

To me personally, it’s actually a really refreshing time. It’s when I’m least hard on myself. Want to sleep in? Turn off the alarm clock! Don’t feel like working out? No biggie. Want to cozy up in front of a movie? Make sure you have popcorn.

I come from a very high strung, strict and demanding upbringing. If you slept past 7am, you were a slacker, to say the least. But the only days a year I was left in peace, so to speak, was during the Holiday Limbo. We’d usually spend it in the mountains, close to my grand parent’s place. So, if you wanted to go skiing, that was great but also nobody gave you beef if you decided to stay home and take it easy. So still to this day, the Holiday Limbo is a bliss to me. I love it. And enjoy it. It’s actually the only time I allow myself to relax and take it easy without a bad conscious. Crazy how certain things are just imbedded in you. I’m a grown woman, a mother, living 8,000 km away from my demanding family and I still get stressed out if I sleep past 7am. Except during the Holiday Limbo. Today I slept until 7.30 am and it felt great! That half hour, meant everything to me. And I hope to be able to integrate Holiday Limbo on a monthly basis. Take the edge off, not be so demanding all the time. I know what they say about successful people and how they get up really early in the morning and work 22 hours a day. But even God rested on the 7th day, why shouldn’t we?

I’m not a big “New Year’s Resolution” person. I firmly believe that if you want to change something, just go ahead and change it. No need to wait until January 1st to do so.

But analyzing this Holiday Limbo, I will commit to recreating this limbo throughout the New Year. Give myself a break. Be kinder to myself and let myself sleep past 7 am… now and then.

Happy New Year’s! May 2023 bring you good health and happiness and everything you wish for but mostly: peace of mind and many Holiday Limbos!