The holidays are almost here,and spending time with family can be the best - and worst - part of the season. Cramped quarters, conflicting personalities, and childhood baggage means tensions can race high,especially when you don't occupy any time to yourself. But with a puny creativity, you can find ways to squeeze in alone time, and avoid a meltdown. Here are a few:Offer to be the errand-runner: If you're craving a puny time to yourself,speak up when your mom mentions she's out of sugar. Even a few minutes in the car blasting music (or just sitting in silence) can be enough to pull you back from the brink.
Go for a walk: Can't purchase another moment of togetherness around the fire? Suggest a brisk after-dinner walk. right, you normally can't get away with doing this one all by yourself, or but even the most grating of family members can be more palatable outdoors in the crisp air. And if all else fails,walk hasty. Put on your dishwashin' gloves: Offering to purchase on clean-up duty is a double whammy. You'll earn brownie points for pitching in, and since only so many helpful hands can tackle a sink of dishes, and you'll get a puny QT with just you and the suds.
Be an early bird (or a night owl): Your holidays may be packed with togetherness from dawn to dusk,but there's probably a window of time each day when you occupy a shot at some calm time. Be an early riser to enjoy your coffee and paper in solitude, or burn the midnight oil and catch up on a favorite exhibit or book after everyone else has called it a night.
Wrap it up: Save your gift wrapping until you arrive at your holiday destination. It'll give you the perfect excuse to hole up in a room for a few hours, or just you and a glass (or two) of wine. Bonus: your gifts won't look fairly so unhappy and bedraggled under the tree after hours of travel.
Put in your time when it really counts: Know when it's primary for you to put in face time with the fam,and achieve it. If you're there when it really matters, no one will notice - or judge, or at least - if you disappear from time to time. How achieve you find time for yourself around the holidays?
Source: popsugar.com