This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at OSU chapter.
The holidays have a tendency to invoke childhood memories – if you’re lucky, they’re good ones filled with snowball fights, sledding down a pile of snow, or making snow angels but the unlucky few will be reminded of less ideal times. Deep feelings aside, it could simply be a time of high stress – buying presents for loved ones is a nightmare in and of itself. I may not be able to help with the earlier situation but I could help with the shopping stress.
Here are my top 5 tips for staying sane during the holidays:
- Stay organized- I know we just finished finals but simply writing a list of peoples’ names to buy them a gift would really go a long way. This way, we could also stay in a budget and make sure everyone is accounted for.
- Have some time for yourself- you deserve it! School’s over, we can afford to stay in our PJs, grab a book or movie and just chill. Recharge our social battery.
- Go out sometime (if you want)- it’s grad party season– there’ll be tears for the 1st 30 minutes of it, someone will eventually say something stupid, we’ll start laughing and the party begins. If you’re a graduating senior, congrats! Really, you deserve to celebrate. We’ll miss you, but know that you’re going to do great things in this world <3
- Spend (or not) some time with your family- most of us are going back home for break and we’ll be spending so much time with our parents. Yes, we’ll be back in our high school bedrooms. It’s all cool for the 1st few days but after a while it may seem like too much. We’ll have to find the balance, find an excuse to leave for a while– mine’s going on a 2 hour run outdoors. Just me, myself, and I.
- Catch up with old friends – since we’re all back home, we might as well catch up with our high school friends from those “good old days” (ew I sound really old saying that), but this could be a great time to simply catch up (if you want). I definitely know I miss my best friends from high school.
That’s all I have! Hope you all have a great winter break however you’d like to spend it.