Actually, compared to last year this year is a breeze with no worries. I never have been one to be very stressed out. Usually when I start feeling stressed out, I just stop. Seriously. I will stop what I am doing and think for a minute. I may or may not finish a project that is stressing me out. Depends on the stress level and if I can find a way to finish it without the stress. Holiday stress was reduced by me a long time ago. I have no problem walking away from people who stress me out. If they are in my home, I will go to another room, close the door, prop up my feet and read or I have taken my keys, got in my car and left my house, and them there. If I am at their house its even easier. I just leave.
I reached the conclusion years ago that I really don't need it, I don't have to deal with it, and you can't make me. na na naaanaaa na na
I feel the same way about forums, and phones, and a million other things. I have a big red X in the top right corner of my computer. It works perfectly. Just because the phone rings does not mean I have to answer it. Stalled in traffic - the most current edition of Better Homes and Gardens is laying in the passanger seat. Traffic moving slowly, turn up the radio, dance in my seat and sing along really loud.
As for the Holidays. I told my family years ago what I would be doing in the future, after an extremely stressful (more so than usual) family gathering. No one liked it a first. And they seemed a little stressed that first Christmas. But amazingly enough after a couple of years of my showing up with no presents, 1 dessert and a tray of finger foods, they all decided, hey, this works.
yippee
