The hype for Christmas is huge. Stores start putting Christmas decorations out before Halloween is even over. Thanksgiving just gets blurred out by Black Friday shopping FOR Christmas presents. As soon as Thanksgiving is over, the Christmas music starts playing every where you go, and the Christmas movies start playing on TV. Christmas trees and other decor start going up, and Christmas at the Zoo dates are planned. The Christmas hoopla is crazy, and then in a blink of an eye, it is over.
Over. Done. Finished. Finite.
The presents are opened and put away or returned. The tree and decorations start to come down. The food becomes left overs that you may or may not actually eat, and Christmas music finally stops playing on the radio.
If you are like my boyfriend, you are probably excited by the fact that Christmas is over, but for me, I feel like I was in a coma and woke up and missed Christmas.
Now that Christmas is over, I just am left wondering, what do I do now with Christmas break. Obviously there is New Years which is a fun night of festivities and revelations, but after that there is what? Back to school to start counting down the days until Spring Break? I feel like we are always counting down for something. 10 more days til this break and 20 more days til this movie comes out.
We are always looking forward to the next thing, and forget to enjoy the moment.
We forget to embrace the laughter that each day brings.
We forget the insignificant details of life that made us happy or sad.
We are constantly looking toward the future instead of staying in the present.
So now Christmas is over. How are you going to start living your life?
