Comments on: How To Combat the Post-Holiday Blues http://www.slowdownfast.com/how-to-combat-the-post-holiday-blues/ Brief Motivational Interventions Mirroring the Time-Limited Reality of Human Existence Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:11:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: David B. Bohl http://www.slowdownfast.com/how-to-combat-the-post-holiday-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-8943 David B. Bohl Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:21:35 +0000 http://www.slowdownfast.com/blog/how-to-combat-the-post-holiday-blues/#comment-8943 Trying, Thank you for your rigorous honesty and humility. I truly hope you make it through Christmas and beyond. Please remember that you cannot change the past. You can only be the best person that you can be today. If you stay sober and your mind gets clear, you'll have plenty of time to clear the wreckage from your past. So focus on being as present for your loved ones as you can be. That will take you far. David Trying,

Thank you for your rigorous honesty and humility. I truly hope you make it through Christmas and beyond.

Please remember that you cannot change the past. You can only be the best person that you can be today. If you stay sober and your mind gets clear, you’ll have plenty of time to clear the wreckage from your past.

So focus on being as present for your loved ones as you can be. That will take you far.

David

]]> By: Trying http://www.slowdownfast.com/how-to-combat-the-post-holiday-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-8942 Trying Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:14:53 +0000 http://www.slowdownfast.com/blog/how-to-combat-the-post-holiday-blues/#comment-8942 This will hopefully be my first sober Christmas in many years. I'm filled with guilt because of what I've done, but want to make it a meaningful time. I have no idea what to expect. This will hopefully be my first sober Christmas in many years. I’m filled with guilt because of what I’ve done, but want to make it a meaningful time.

I have no idea what to expect.

]]> By: David B. Bohl http://www.slowdownfast.com/how-to-combat-the-post-holiday-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-8941 David B. Bohl Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:00:43 +0000 http://www.slowdownfast.com/blog/how-to-combat-the-post-holiday-blues/#comment-8941 Jackie, So you adjusted your attitude towards your family despite the horrible weather? Good for you - that's THE answer. David Jackie,

So you adjusted your attitude towards your family despite the horrible weather? Good for you – that’s THE answer.

David

]]> By: David B. Bohl http://www.slowdownfast.com/how-to-combat-the-post-holiday-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-8940 David B. Bohl Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:59:40 +0000 http://www.slowdownfast.com/blog/how-to-combat-the-post-holiday-blues/#comment-8940 Bobby, AMEN! Thanks for the reminder. David Bobby,

AMEN!

Thanks for the reminder.

David

]]> By: Jackie B http://www.slowdownfast.com/how-to-combat-the-post-holiday-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-8939 Jackie B Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:56:23 +0000 http://www.slowdownfast.com/blog/how-to-combat-the-post-holiday-blues/#comment-8939 David, We flew down to Florida to spend Christmas with my in laws. It was 50 degrees and rained the whole time we visited, and we spent the entire time inside. Not what we expected. The company was good, though! David,

We flew down to Florida to spend Christmas with my in laws. It was 50 degrees and rained the whole time we visited, and we spent the entire time inside. Not what we expected.

The company was good, though!

]]> By: Bobby Goode http://www.slowdownfast.com/how-to-combat-the-post-holiday-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-8938 Bobby Goode Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:47:39 +0000 http://www.slowdownfast.com/blog/how-to-combat-the-post-holiday-blues/#comment-8938 For me, the holidays are about relationships and enhancing them, I'm truly grateful for people who are close to me, and now (and every day) is the time to show it. For me, the holidays are about relationships and enhancing them, I’m truly grateful for people who are close to me, and now (and every day) is the time to show it.

]]> By: David B. Bohl http://www.slowdownfast.com/how-to-combat-the-post-holiday-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-8936 David B. Bohl Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:26:20 +0000 http://www.slowdownfast.com/blog/how-to-combat-the-post-holiday-blues/#comment-8936 Serene One, Thank you for visiting and posing your question. Albert Einstein once said: "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." We cannot change other people - only ourselves. What can YOU do differently this year to rid yourself of the resentment and disdain you feel? I'm sure you can come up with something, even if it's as simple as leaving before your relatives get inebriated. David Serene One,

Thank you for visiting and posing your question.

Albert Einstein once said: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”

We cannot change other people – only ourselves. What can YOU do differently this year to rid yourself of the resentment and disdain you feel? I’m sure you can come up with something, even if it’s as simple as leaving before your relatives get inebriated.

David

]]> By: Serene One http://www.slowdownfast.com/how-to-combat-the-post-holiday-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-8935 Serene One Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:18:43 +0000 http://www.slowdownfast.com/blog/how-to-combat-the-post-holiday-blues/#comment-8935 David, I definitely need to go about "adjusting my own expectations to meet reality." Every year, I go to my family's homes and watch all of them get drunk (I do not drink), get aggravated because I'm the only sober one in the twilight zone, get upset, and leave abruptly. If I know that's going to happen year after year, why do I expect this year to be any different? David,

I definitely need to go about “adjusting my own expectations to meet reality.” Every year, I go to my family’s homes and watch all of them get drunk (I do not drink), get aggravated because I’m the only sober one in the twilight zone, get upset, and leave abruptly. If I know that’s going to happen year after year, why do I expect this year to be any different?

]]> By: David B. Bohl http://www.slowdownfast.com/how-to-combat-the-post-holiday-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-8934 David B. Bohl Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:01:53 +0000 http://www.slowdownfast.com/blog/how-to-combat-the-post-holiday-blues/#comment-8934 Susan, Great for you! What a creative solution for slowing down around the Holidays! You've done exactly what I suggested to LifeHackGuru above" enhance those things that you prize and rid yourself of the things you don't. Thanks for sharing your victory. David Susan,

Great for you! What a creative solution for slowing down around the Holidays!

You’ve done exactly what I suggested to LifeHackGuru above” enhance those things that you prize and rid yourself of the things you don’t.

Thanks for sharing your victory.

David

]]> By: David B. Bohl http://www.slowdownfast.com/how-to-combat-the-post-holiday-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-8933 David B. Bohl Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:59:37 +0000 http://www.slowdownfast.com/blog/how-to-combat-the-post-holiday-blues/#comment-8933 LifeHackGuru, I hear you loud and clear, and agree that, for me, that's what this time of year should be all about. The answer is obvious: Stop kowtowing to other people's expectations! The secret to life is in figuring it out for yourself - and yourself only! Enhance and add what works for you and get rid of what doesn't! David LifeHackGuru,

I hear you loud and clear, and agree that, for me, that’s what this time of year should be all about.

The answer is obvious: Stop kowtowing to other people’s expectations! The secret to life is in figuring it out for yourself – and yourself only! Enhance and add what works for you and get rid of what doesn’t!

David

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