It is important to start today.
The year 2025 is rapidly approaching its end. And on this final stretch, we inevitably speed up, trying to complete everything that was planned. Entering the New Year with a clear conscience and a sense of productivity is important, but not everyone manages to do so. Clinical psychologist Ekaterina Makarova, in a conversation with WomanHit, recommended not to try to take on too much and to accomplish the maximum program. Otherwise, by the holiday break, you will crawl in feeling as drained as a lemon, with no energy left to celebrate.
Therefore, we suggest acting based on a clear plan. It can vary in one direction or another, depending on your personal circumstances and preferences.
Work
It is best to complete all pending projects by the end of December. If they are so large that their implementation takes several months, finish the most important stages to set an interim point. "Because the New Year holidays will make a pause anyway, relax. And it is twice as pleasant to relax when you have a solid point in the burdensome tasks marked 'completed'," the psychologist reminds us.
Cleaning
Sorting through your wardrobe, rearranging, and dusting off distant cabinets is better done not right before the holiday, but in November or the first decade of December. "The pre-New Year hustle will turn your life into chaos; you will be running around with gifts, participating in corporate events, meeting friends, and there will be no time to do what you planned," warns Ekaterina Makarova. Therefore, we plan a thorough cleaning for the upcoming weekend, and at the end of the year, we simply walk through the apartment with a vacuum cleaner and a damp cloth.
Personal Life
This is not about ending relationships. Although in some cases, it is better to end a long-standing relationship that burdens you, to open up to another person in the new year. If your love life is stable and quite satisfactory, think about what you forgot or didn't have time to say and do. "If there are things that hold you back, pull you down, if you haven’t talked to someone, if there are important issues you haven’t discussed, if you haven’t apologized to someone, if you haven’t said something very important to someone. Somewhere you are sulking, but you would like to reconcile and start communicating openly. Somewhere you had a falling out with someone and feel a certain wrongness. It is better to confess this in advance, so that this little debt to a loved one, to a friend, even to the universe, does not pull you into the past," says the expert. This applies not only to a partner but also to other loved ones: friends, children, parents.
Health
If a check-up was part of your program this year, which you haven’t had time to do for various reasons, you definitely won’t do it in December. Therefore, if it is planned, it is best to move it to somewhere in November, just like cleaning the house and buying gifts. "And as a doctor, I wish you to get a clean bill of health in this check-up, and if there are any deviations, to manage to get preventive corrective recommendations from a doctor before the New Year," concludes the medical professional.
