The First Day After Holiday

Probably one of the hardest days in a year is the first day after Christmas vacation. You know you’d had to wait more or less 360 days again for Christmas to come. You still have hangover from reunions with families and friends. And when you live in the province, you still can’t get enough of the slow-paced life. Because of bargain hunting for the Best Buy, going out at nights to catch up with old friends, and waking early in day to maximize time with the little kids who already want to start the day playing or watching DVDs, you feel you hadn’t had enough rest, and yet the busy life is knocking again.

And the hardest part of all, your “normal” life isn’t giving you a transition period. You really have to start the year already. Your stress level zooms up, you become homesick, and you feel tired already—all on the first day.