Christmas-anthropy: Have some “me-time” this festive season

Christmas is a time when we are expected to put ourselves second and our loved ones first. Is this a good thing? Of course it is! What better way to put some meaning back into an increasingly commercialised and morally redundant holiday than to treat the ones dearest to you?

However, this Christmas chances are you will not only be putting yourself second, but in fact placing yourself dead last in the yuletide pecking order. This is especially true for parents, but is also true for anyone over 25!

This Christmas, don’t forget to take some time to think about you. It’s best to get it out of the way early; from the start of the third week of December onwards your life will become an endless round of small-talk, last minute gift buying, family trips and DIY Christmas decoration repair work. But in that golden period of the first fortnight of advent – when the Christmas lights are on, the nights are drawing in and the mulled-wine is in full flow down at the German market – try to find time to treat yourself.

Forgive me if this sounds a little misanthropic; I don’t mean it to come across that way. It’s just that the truth is Christmas is one of the most stressful times of year for many people. It’s a time when we need to make sure our homes look their best for fear of being judged by whoever might drop in, and it’s also the time of year that your home is most-likely to resemble an explosion in Santa’s workshop.

So please, please, please; don’t be afraid to let your generosity show this Christmas, but also take the time to treat yourself: you will more than deserve it by time December 26th rolls around!

For information on ways to treat yourself in Nottingham this Christmas, click here.