Destress the Halls with Push10

Guess what? Your schedule is just that, your schedule. Take comfort in knowing that it really is impossible to please everyone. You know what, do yourself one better. Schedule time for you this holiday season. Is that your masseuse beckoning?

Some of the best deals of the year come during the holiday season. Sounds like an excuse to treat yourself to something nice, doesn’t it?

Every year is another opportunity to best your neighbors’ attempts at holiday decorating. Let your creativity shine–literally. 

Every gift given is an opportunity to ignite in someone else the same frantic, childish hysteria you felt as a kid whenever you got exactly what you wanted. Age is a state of mind; “overreacting” to a great gift is just society trying to convince you it’s not. 

The first step of turning char into an exciting new flavor profile might just start with you. Regardless, you volunteered to cook, and that is respectable enough in itself. Your burnt pie is enough; you are enough.

If you’re flying somewhere, on-flight mimosas hit a little different. If you’re driving somewhere, you finally have an excuse to burn through all those podcasts on your list. If you’re facing an impending snowstorm, remember: hot cocoa and awesome instagram photos are on the other end.

Your grandma has many more years of wisdom behind her than you. And equipped with all of this extra experience, she chose to kiss you on the cheek. That’s not something to scour at–that’s something to savor. 

Let’s face it, political conversations are inevitable for most families around the holidays. But you know what’s not always inevitable? That you’ll be able to get all of your family together like this again. For at least once a year, let it slide (and grab the last slice of pie while no one is paying attention).

Having company over for the holidays is the perfect excuse to get to all of that cleaning you were putting off for the last 2, 3, 4, maybe 12 months or so. But who’s counting?

New Years is just around the corner, and that means so are New Year’s resolutions. It’s the holidays, for goodness’ sake. Sticking to your diet for this long is valiant enough.

In times where there is seemingly no reason for being–like the week between Christmas and New Years at work–it is our responsibility to fill that void, to create our own meaning. Which is precisely why you should take this rare opportunity to practice office parkour a la the great Michael Scott.

Just when you think your tank is running on empty after the holidays, New Years is here to prove you wrong. One last hurrah, one last shebang, one last chance to embarrass yourself before shedding the skin of the year before. 

Every New Years Day, the nation puts aside its differences and bands together to participate in the most widespread, collective hangover of the year. You earned the celebrating binge last night, and you earned the TV watching binge this morning.