A contrarian holiday experience!

Mastin Kipp writes:

I love this time of year. I really do. Why? Well – it’s a great time to connect with family and friends in a less than hurried way. But I have to be honest – I enjoy this time of year for a much different reason.

This is a GREAT time of year to get creative. I love this time of year because there is less of a pull from others on my time, so I can really focus and get creative. Every year I have a “holiday project” that I do – it’s some form of creative expression that I’ve been putting off for some time. The creation process usually starts mid-December and then goes through mid-January.

This year my holiday project is finishing my Hay House book. It’s exciting. I’m about half done and have set aside a TON of time so that I can finish it before my 31st birthday on January 12th.

I love connecting with family and taking time away from work during the Holidays, but honestly I live my life like that most of the time. I live my life like it’s Christmas. I don’t wait until December 25th to give a gift. If I see something that I think someone else will like, I get it for them in the moment. I’ve never liked waiting around for Christmas or only being “kind” or connecting with my friends and family during this time of the year.

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I share this because it really resonates with me. Like Mastin, I love the week between Christmas and New Years because some of the demands of being a freelancer fade away and I can focus on myself and course corrections I want to make in my life and business. My wife and children go away to visit family and I’ll have 5 glorious days without another person in the house [it’s not evil — I have 3 teenage boys and an 8 year old at home]. For me it means maybe redesigning my OWN website for a change or reading some of those books I have squirreled away on my Kindle…