Being broke at the holidays is fucking tedious
Having no money sucks broadly, but it sucks more at the holidays. I’ve experienced this in both 2017 and 2019. Here’s a path around it! Continue Reading
Holidays
It’s perfectly OK to feel like shit at the holidays
Holidays don’t always mean happiness. Continue Reading
You don’t need to gag on work process during the holidays
Most of Cubicle Land during the holidays is a mix of hypocrisy and excess process designed to “keep people focused.” It doesn’t need to be that way. Continue Reading
Holiday season at work: Stop pounding your chest
Watching Love Actually and KPI-chasing don’t go hand-in-hand. Continue Reading
Now begins the time of year where family > work
Ah, Monday. But this is a specific Monday! It’s the Monday of Thanksgiving week! (At least in the United States.) So you probably work today, maybe tomorrow, no more than half of Wednesday, and then you’re likely off for the… Continue Reading
Ironically, the holidays are probably the least transparent time of the year
I always find this funny, every single year, at every single job I’ve ever had and with almost every friend I’ve ever known and their subsequent co-workers: people run around from Dec. 6 on talking about how busy they are,… Continue Reading
Your Christmas stuff is likely from Yiwu, a small town in China
Read this, then read this, then watch this:
How to make Thanksgiving dinner via YouTube
You can manage Christmas almost entirely via YouTube, and do the same with Super Bowl (or other occasion) chili recipes. But the mother of all multiple-prepared-dishes holidays is Thanksgiving. Can you get at that via YouTube? Of course. In fact, I… Continue Reading