LIFESTYLE

We get you, life is busyyyy. From work, the gym, eating clean, getting great sleep, maintaining some sort of relationships and social life, staying on top of life tasks and enjoying some hobbies, it's a hectic list from start to finish.

Are we still in January? Why yes we are, and although this feels like the longest month of the year with approximately 127 days in it, we actually kinda like it.

It turns out that our parents were right when they rolled out the familiar childhood line, “money doesn’t grow on trees you know.” and unless you managed to find yourself a very generous sugar daddy, most of us eventually come to the same unfortunate conclusion

Sure if you're the opposite to doing Christmas differently then you might have already planned your day out to the minute, if that's you then this article might not be for you. If you don't have a set plan in place then let's crack on.

We're imaging that you're already feeling pretty partied out, from work Christmas nights out, friends gathering, early Christmas parties with people that are traveling over Christmas, plus the numerous 'lets get a drink' it's all feeling a bit overkill by now.

Taking the time to slow down, spend some time with yourself, and enjoy some quiet moments gives a very different energy to Christmas and it's no better time to do it than as we head into the madness of Christmas week.

The endless to do lists, present wrapping, cooking, last minute work deadlines and parties will still remain (sorry we can't change those) but we can give you the best ways to make it all feel manageable.

As much as we love gifting, shopping, and the pleasure of well-chosen indulgence, Christmas has a bit of a habit of tipping into meaningless excess. There’s a point every where gifting stops feeling generous and starts feeling over commercial.

We love hosting, it's one of life's big pleasures, preparing delicious things to share with people you love. But the Christmas season has a particular way of making us feel frazzled as shit.