Goodbye, 2022!!!
by Paige Cohen, Senior Editor
Welcome. The past 12 months have been a journey. But look at you. You’re here. You have arrived. It’s the holiday season.
Mistletoe and snowflakes. Sky lanterns and plumb pudding. Chocolates. Wine. Candlelight, presents, feasts, and prayers.
Whatever festivities you’re celebrating this December, I’m sure you’re feeling mixed emotions. The holidays can be a joyful, but also stressful, time of year. Some of us may be missing our loved ones, or not have a ton of money to spend on gifts and fancy meals. Still, there is hope in the air. In 2022, we were resilient. Now, 2023 is around the corner, and with it comes promise.
This week, give yourself a little grace. Own your feelings. If you’re upset because you miss your family, sit with that for a while. If you’re excited to decorate your first fake tree, don’t hide it. If you’re feeling nostalgic, and need some space for reflection, take it. Every one of your emotions is valid, and you deserve to honor them after another long year.
In the spirit of rest and reconciliation, our team will be OOO the last week of the year. We will return with another edition of this newsletter in 2023. In the meantime, here are some recommended holiday reads:
Recommended (Holiday) Reads
Why Am I So Obsessed with Giving People Presents?
Remember when I told you to take some space for self-reflection? Well, I’ve been doing a lot of that lately. Every year, around this time, I put myself into debt buying presents for other people when what I’m really looking for is a connection. To break this habit, I asked a neuroscientist, a social psychologist, the inventor of the “love language,” and of course, my therapist how to get over it.
You Don’t Need to Be Cheerful Just Because It’s the Holidays
A part of owning your emotions is recognizing when you’re faking them. Sometimes we can get so caught up in trying to feel how we think we’re “supposed to” that we end up suppressing ourselves. And this has consequences — both mental and physical.
How to Get Through the Holidays Without Going Broke
One universal feeling this season? Stress about money. To ease your anxieties, we spoke to a financial advisor who gave us four holiday money hacks.
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