Positive Stress

 

I finished my Christmas baking earlier than usual this year, mostly as I hosted my annual Advent get-together earlier than I normally would since we're going away the following weekend. I ended up slaving away on two weekends in a row, pretty much all day as work foiled my plans of getting some baking done during the week. I had more office quality time than I would have opted for, but in the end I managed to finish everything as I knew I would. Was I exhausted and somewhat sleep-deprived? Yes. Did I mind? No. Since I am one of these annoying people who tend to have their Christmas presents organised weeks if not months before I am not affected by gift-buying stress, but by baking and socialising induced stress even though I have long since refused to play the game of "but we MUST meet one more time this year". It's a positive kind of stress that makes me enjoy the lazy days between Christmas and New Year's Eve even more.