Holiday seasons suck.
Traffic, high prices, everything reserved or sold out.
Sure, you get to spend time with family and friends, eat good food, do festive stuff, exchange gifts… but why not do those things when you want, instead of when everyone else is doing it?
Make your own holiday.
It’s more special and personal, and there’s no crowds.
Seem crazy? You’re already doing it for one occasion: your birthday. It fits all 3 traits, no? That’s a taste of what all of your holidays could be like.
Remember: holidays don’t suck – holiday seasons do.
The reason you gather for the holidays when you do is because you’re used to it. Your reality is that family get-togethers, presents, and festive things happen at ChristmaHanuKwanzaakah. You might not know that anything else is possible.
But no one is stopping you from having your holidays whenever you want. If you like how your birthday celebration is compared to your other holidays, why not just change the others?
You can still celebrate certain times of the year for spiritual or personal reasons, but the holiday get-together bonanzas you can have whenever you want. When the weather is nicer, there’s less crowds, and it’s more affordable.
Wouldn’t that big family ski getaway be nicer without the resort being jam-packed? And you actually got the lodge you wanted at a reasonable price? Just move the date of your holiday over a few weeks. Or traveling somewhere and not having the place be congested with tourists? And all the good hotels be sold out? Just go when it’s not tourist season.
Now I know those with jobs will say, “Yo Oleg, my job only gives me days off during the holiday seasons.” Granted, making your own holiday isn’t applicable to every scenario. But I’m just throwing the idea out to you. If making your own holiday seems like something you’d want, you can work with what you have to make it happen – as with anything in life.
I’ve gone on holiday vacations in December where the ski resort was packed. The lifts and slopes were crammed with other riders, and it sucked. But when we went after the peak in January and February, the trip was so much better. Less crowds, better riding, awesome-er experience.
We made our own holiday, and it rocked. Who cares when others were doing it? This is our holiday, for our happiness and enjoyment – not to show others when we get together.
Are you tired of holiday seasons sucking? Fed up with the traffic, high prices, and everything reserved or sold out?
Make your own holiday. Avoid the crowds and enjoy your special occasions on your own terms.
