its not weird, its glorious- that is my 100% favorite time of the ENTIRE YEAR by a factor of two hundred billion.
This year down to the way the weekend falls with new years day being a thursday, Ive decided not to go to work on the friday either, meaning this magical period where no one really expects anything of each other (here in ireland anyway) goes straight to the god damned monday the 5th.
when I used to live in the states id do hours on the 24th sometimes, then back on the 25th. when I moved to ireland for what I thought was gonna be a couple years the college basically wrapped up at like december 14th and didnt start back up until like jan 3rd. never going back.
IMO: pack as much of your day with "active novelty" as you can. Even if it's small stuff.
Kids experience time more slowly because everything is new to them. As adults, much of our world becomes familiar and, frankly, forgettable. It's the lack of newness that lets time just pass by in our minds since the day's memories get pruned to hell, letting entire days just get black-holed.
So my advice is do more than just touch grass; live life fully. Don't just follow your favorite streaming programs, engage with other fans. Get out and join a club. Go to more parks, museums, live shows, craft fairs, summer festivals. Invest in the people in your life. Host and attend more movie nights, cocktail mixers, holiday parties. Listen to new music, listen to new podcasts, read new books. Double-down on hobbies or take on new ones. Finish projects on that todo list. Engage with nostalgia, but mix it up with new things too. Find new challenges and try new things to make sure that is or isn't for you.
Another thing you can do is to actually feel your feelings. Listen to how fucking bored you are. Sit in it, feel it, breathe it in, metabolize it, process it, and then fix it. If you had a billion dollars, what would you do?
More like the 26th here, that's when almost every company executes their direct debit. Manually paying bills is, with a rare exception, not a thing here anymore.
The 1st is the date I think off when I finally remember to turn over the birthday calendar around the 20th and have to decide whether or not I'm going to skip to the next month. 😋
I can relate. I either refuse to do autopay with most bills (Geico can suck it) or, in the case of my ISP bill, I pay it manually before the autopay comes out to save $15 in fees.
You'd be hard pressed to find a company that still allows/accepts manual payment here, for recurring payments it's basically mandatory to use direct debit. At the other hand, manually paying wouldn't save on any fees.
Maybe they are trying to nudge you in the right direction.
Sounds like a pain in the ass to manually pay bills. It's all auto pulled from my account. I just have to make sure the account has a lot of money on it.
I am also not doing any income taxes these last few years because I just accept whatever they calculated and kept.
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Broadfern@lemmy.world · 54 pts · 237d
There’s also that weird week haze between the 25th and the 1st where copious amounts of cheese counts as a valid breakfast
sauerkrautsaul@lemmus.org · 7 pts · 236d
its not weird, its glorious- that is my 100% favorite time of the ENTIRE YEAR by a factor of two hundred billion.
This year down to the way the weekend falls with new years day being a thursday, Ive decided not to go to work on the friday either, meaning this magical period where no one really expects anything of each other (here in ireland anyway) goes straight to the god damned monday the 5th.
when I used to live in the states id do hours on the 24th sometimes, then back on the 25th. when I moved to ireland for what I thought was gonna be a couple years the college basically wrapped up at like december 14th and didnt start back up until like jan 3rd. never going back.
devfuuu@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 236d
That's a special available all year.
FinishingDutch@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 236d
That’s called ‘being Dutch’ 😀
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 27 pts · 237d
It's more like ....
"Merry Chr.."
"What are you doing? It's Easter"
C8r9VwDUTeY3ZufQRYvq@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 237d
Hot Cross buns on shelves in mid December?! Madness
BlackPenguins@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 236d
As an adult in general, time needs to slow the fuck down.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 236d
IMO: pack as much of your day with "active novelty" as you can. Even if it's small stuff.
Kids experience time more slowly because everything is new to them. As adults, much of our world becomes familiar and, frankly, forgettable. It's the lack of newness that lets time just pass by in our minds since the day's memories get pruned to hell, letting entire days just get black-holed.
So my advice is do more than just touch grass; live life fully. Don't just follow your favorite streaming programs, engage with other fans. Get out and join a club. Go to more parks, museums, live shows, craft fairs, summer festivals. Invest in the people in your life. Host and attend more movie nights, cocktail mixers, holiday parties. Listen to new music, listen to new podcasts, read new books. Double-down on hobbies or take on new ones. Finish projects on that todo list. Engage with nostalgia, but mix it up with new things too. Find new challenges and try new things to make sure that is or isn't for you.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 235d
Another thing you can do is to actually feel your feelings. Listen to how fucking bored you are. Sit in it, feel it, breathe it in, metabolize it, process it, and then fix it. If you had a billion dollars, what would you do?
BlackPenguins@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 236d
Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 235d
Yes
Day! the Seize
poinck@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 235d
Darkness343@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 235d
What if I don't have enough money to afford any of those luxuries?
I could maybe go to parks and museums if they are free.
:(
Resplendent606@piefed.social · 14 pts · 236d
The 1st because that is when bills are due. Everything else is a blur.
Aganim@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 236d
More like the 26th here, that's when almost every company executes their direct debit. Manually paying bills is, with a rare exception, not a thing here anymore.
The 1st is the date I think off when I finally remember to turn over the birthday calendar around the 20th and have to decide whether or not I'm going to skip to the next month. 😋
Resplendent606@piefed.social · 3 pts · 236d
I can relate. I either refuse to do autopay with most bills (Geico can suck it) or, in the case of my ISP bill, I pay it manually before the autopay comes out to save $15 in fees.
Aganim@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 236d
You'd be hard pressed to find a company that still allows/accepts manual payment here, for recurring payments it's basically mandatory to use direct debit. At the other hand, manually paying wouldn't save on any fees.
Are those 15 bucks a banking fee?
Resplendent606@piefed.social · 1 pts · 236d
No, the company charges $15 more if you don't do auto pay. They market it as a discount for doing autopay.
LittleBorat3@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 236d
Maybe they are trying to nudge you in the right direction.
Sounds like a pain in the ass to manually pay bills. It's all auto pulled from my account. I just have to make sure the account has a lot of money on it.
I am also not doing any income taxes these last few years because I just accept whatever they calculated and kept.
Could not be bothered
affenlehrer@feddit.org · 13 pts · 237d
In Europe St. Nicolas is quite a big deal on the 5th or 6th, also Christmas eve on the 24th
LittleBorat3@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 236d
5th is wrong and is Dutch only, they also enslave someone called piet. 2/10 Holland.
MarieMarion@literature.cafe · 2 pts · 235d
France: St. Nicolas is not a thing. (Maybe in Alsace, which is basically Germany?)
RagnarokOnline@programming.dev · 10 pts · 237d
It’s been a looooooooong 1.
Blass_Rose@pawb.social · 7 pts · 236d
Should really be
November 31st November 32nd November 33rd November 34th December 5th December 25th
Jerb322@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 236d
I got to throw the 16th in there for my cake day..
BlackPenguins@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 236d
I really hope you mean your birthday and not your Reddit cake day.
Jerb322@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 236d
Correct, bad habits. Fuck Reddit!
BlackPenguins@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 236d
That's the spirit!
Aneb@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 236d
Mood. I always tack an extra Christmas day after the 25th for my cake day on the 29th
LittleBorat3@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 236d
That's not true there is st Niclas day on the 6th when I buy myself some walnuts and tangerines. Otherwise correct.
CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de · -4 pts · 236d
Very US-defaultist and very christian-defaultist.
Where is St. Nikolaus? 24th and 26th are missing. What about Chanukka?
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 236d
Why don’t you make one for your country instead of just complaining?
CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de · 0 pts · 236d
Is critique not allowed? Or trying to get others more international- thinking, opening others' horizons?
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 235d
Christmas is 12 days so I don't even think this is Christian