Are you handling the struggles of working around the holidays? Holidays are already stressful and to add work challenges can be difficult.

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The last minute, end of the year, holiday chaos and what not had not hit me just yet. I am guessing in about a week, maybe a week and a half, my workload will double or triple as everyone panics about finishing projects before the end of year.

There are a lot of scheduling complications around the holidays, and that's always challenging. But things that have to be completed by year's end have been known all along, so things are proceeding on track. So the stress from that isn't what one might expect, at least from my perspective. And everyone is in a generally good mood, so that tends to smooth things out if it does become a little hectic.

I arranged to work remotely between Christmas and new Year's with the plan of only doing work when someone needs it. With almost all of my execs taking off, I expect to do little work and use up that sick time I'm going to lose at the end of the year if I don't do this. Should help my mental health

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