Christmas Time!
Is anyone else SUPER-excited about Christmas? While I do not love the cold of winter, I do love decorating my home according to a theme and creating meaningful and silly traditions. Growing up, our family’s tradition was not to have any––making way for the much lamented and decorated “Christmas Trunk” in lieu of a Christmas tree when I was twelve––so celebrating the season the way my husband and I choose means a lot.
We just ordered a very mid-century mod aluminum Christmas tree to compliment this year’s gold, silver, Tiffany blue, and red color scheme. Christmas music plays in the living room every day. I have procured my clementine oranges, Whole Food’s chocolate truffles, and tea to savor together. I’m planning presents to purchase and make. The stockings are hung on the mantle. And this is just the beginning.
What are your favorite Christmas traditions? And which ones do you want to begin?
Why Ignoring One’s Blog Is Cathartic But Ultimately Useless
That is to say, it’s useless if you ultimately want to continue writing on said blog. If you don’t care about your blog, then ignoring it is a perfectly reasonable decision. If, however, like me, you enjoy the exercise of writing and sharing your thoughts, ignoring your blog is only a temporary solution to incomplete ideas that are in their current state unpublishable. Sure, take a break. But don’t give up! Don’t be frustrated by the disheartening reality of ancient computer hardware that makes writing arduous. Continually neglecting your blog only makes you feel like a failure. But writing even silly things builds one little success on top of another. And that is something to look back on with joy and pride.
