Don’t feel bad, I don’t.
I like Christmas better now that I don’t have so much pressure to participate in gift buying and being someplace. This alone place where I currently live my life is the result of depression isolating me until I’m no longer expected to call anyone or be anyplace.
And while isolation wasn’t a conscious choice on my part, today I’m not miserable because of it. Depression and obligations are a terrible mixture. And I remember terrible moments during Christmas’s past where my failure to keep up with obligations made me feel worse and worse about myself, plummeting me deeper into the hole of depression. Now that the isolation is complete, there is a sort of floaty freedom about it.
I like being able to work and allow people with families and obligations to be there and enjoy the day. Its a tiny thing I can feel good about. And in my world where my brain emphasizes all the things I do and have done wrong, its a nice gift to give myself.
I’m aware that I would like to be more social. More involved in life. And maybe I will make that part of the 2016 effort. Perhaps the depression has lifted enough that I can do that. But right now, I’m OK being alone for Christmas.
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Have a great day wherever you are! I like low expectations for Christmas. This year there wasn’t any gift giving nor did I entertain. I gave myself freedom for Christmas.
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Thanks for the Like – do you get to blog at work? Hope you had a good day.
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Well, not normally. Normally I’m too busy to be on the internet at all, except as it relates to the job. But while I’m AT work today, I’m not actually working today. Because my job is answer calls and process orders. No calls. No emails. No work. Its VERY frustrating. So I’m blogging at work. sigh. I don’t like it. It makes me bored. Which is nuts because if I was at home, this is what I would be doing.
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I think it’s a special kind of person that will step up and work during the holidays so others can be with their families. Thank you from all of us. And I appreciate the follow. I look forward to getting to know you better.
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