The holiday season can be a wonderful time - but it can be a stressful one too, especially when you're spending all of your time surrounded by family. It can sometimes get a little bit overwhelming, in particular when you're coming home from university. You're used to setting your own timetable, and returning back to the family house can be a bit like being back at college again!
However, that doesn't necessarily mean that the holiday season has to be full of stress. Some of our top tips for this festive season include:
- Take some time for yourself. Curl up under a warm blanket with a hot chocolate, take a long walk in the crisp, cold air, or read a favourite book. Family and friends will hopefully understand that this can be a stressful period for everybody, and let you have your 'me' time.
- Keep in touch with people who understand. Spending time with friends is just as important as spending time with family, especially if they know about your family stress, and can help alleviate it in any way.
- Talk to your family about what's going on. They're probably stressed out just as much as you are, and chatting to them about it will allow everyone to get a little bit of that stress off of their chests.
- Keep things in moderation. Not looking after your diet, but rather overindulging on chocolates and alcohol won't help with your stress levels.
Well, that's it for the Nightline blog for this term - I'm very much looking forward to writing more for you in the coming term. I hope that you all have a very merry holiday season!
As ever yours,
-Wendy
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