January 1st is the Worst Day to Start your New Year Resolutions

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This happens to us every year.

The holidays start creeping up on us one after the other.

First, it’s almost Halloween and we’re complaining about seeing and hearing all those Christmas things when it isn't even November yet. We all start saying the same thing, “Wow, Christmas gets earlier every year.”

Then somehow Halloween has passed and in our post candy binging bliss, we start panicking about the holidays. This year especially with the added stress of stores having limited supplies and trying to convince Aunt Karen that a huge family dinner because “it might be grandpa’s last Thanksgiving” might just be the reason that it is his last Thanksgiving.

We possibly think of starting our Christmas shopping and keeping track of all the sales wondering if that huge TV is going to be on sale on Black Friday and if it’s really worth standing outside in the cold.

We eat a huge meal and in the following food coma days start our shopping and now it’s all we're thinking about. Two packages are going to the cousins in Nebraska, Christmas cards need to be sent out by last week, and “Can we use the pandemic as an excuse not to eat the neighbor's fruit cake?”