The Christmas period implies great changes in our lifestyles. Whether there are holidays involved or not, the truth is that these are days in which our entire routine is turned upside down. Parties, family meals, business dinners, drinks with friends, buying gifts, coping with the typical Christmas depression, children without school… All this makes it hard for us to recover our usual rhythm when Christmas is over. We offer you some tips to adapt to the routine after Christmas.
Tips to adapt to the routine after the Christmas holidays
- Although we have often talked about routine as an enemy of our happiness, especially in relationships, the truth is that maintaining a daily routine in certain activities is very beneficial for our emotional stability. But having a routine does not mean that we cannot innovate from time to time and add surprises to our day to day. What we are referring to is the need to maintain a regular schedule of work, meals and sleep that will allow us to have everything organized and get more free time for ourselves.
- And it is that if you organize yourself well and stick to certain schedules, you can get more leisure time. There are times when improvising only serves to increase stress, because when faced with an unexpected appointment we leave homework undone, which eventually accumulates, generating great anxiety. You only have to remember the madness of these last days of Christmas, when you had last-minute commitments with your second cousins, or when your best friend from high school called you to have a drink in the middle of the afternoon.
- Now that Christmas is over, it’s time for you to get your own rhythm back and take ownership of your schedules again. It may be a little difficult for you to focus at first, but it’s time for you to forget about the festive atmosphere and for a few days impose a strict discipline on yourself.
How to Get the Rhythm Back After Christmas?
- The first thing you have to recover is your usual sleep rhythm. Try to leave behind the night parties several days before starting work and it will cost you less to get up early the first day. Keeping children busy with some homework and not letting them go to bed too late even if they are on vacation will help them adjust to the return.
- Surely these holidays have also left you a real chaos in your kitchen. If you have eaten these days at a relative’s house, it is possible that your refrigerator is empty, and if it is in your house where you have met, it is likely that even if you have it full, it is of things that are not very useful in your day to day. Organize what you have, recycle leftover food and prepare dishes for several days. But try to return to your usual organization as soon as possible.
- We know that you are not very happy to face the first day of work after the Christmas holidays, but it is important that you take it with optimism. Take advantage of the new year to have a more positive attitude and always keep in mind that this year you will know how to organize yourself better to find more time to have fun. Also take advantage of all those resolutions that you have made for the new year to encourage yourself in your day to day.