Finding My Own Time to Celebrate

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Welcome, my very appreciated readers of Hive.

Today, the topic to discuss on my blog is when my party or my festive days end.

Talking about this topic directly implies that the person has festive days, and in my case, it is so, but my festive days are not generally guided or carried out by the dates and traditions most people in the world follow.

This is because I have been an independent worker for many years. I decided around the year 2000, after having many work experiences, working with military personnel, high-ranking officers, working in private companies as a computer analyst, handling payrolls for workers and civilians, and learning a bit of administration while working with the military, and handling confidential documents.

From all those work experiences, I learned to see when, for example, during the Christmas holidays in these jobs, they forced the staff to attend certain events or meetings, and many times, one was not in the mood to attend a work meeting on December 24 because, evidently, one wanted to be at home and not celebrating.

Or, there were no reasons to celebrate at those times because many people have relatives who have died on those dates or have had accidents, reminding them of a bad time. And imagine, forcing someone to celebrate that date is not correct, it is not right.

It happened to me, and I had to live through it, attending those meetings and celebrations when I was not in the mood, not in the right place, as they say, to celebrate these activities.

I can say that I celebrate Christmas whenever I feel like it.

This year, for example, I felt like celebrating it big, and fortunately, I had the sponsorship of two good friends.

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A friend I know virtually for a long time, who got in touch with me recently and told me that Santa had passed by his tree and left a gift for me.

He left me a nice gift, which allowed me to celebrate these holidays more openly and enjoy some traditional dishes that I otherwise could not have.

If I hadn't had that contribution, I would have simply spent it like last year, unable to enjoy even a single traditional dish because my finances didn't allow it.

Fortunately, this year, thanks to him and another very good friend whom I mentioned in another post, not only was I able to enjoy one, but eight times that dish.

This means that I even have my Christmas dish guaranteed for New Year's Eve, my New Year's dish guaranteed with ham bread. And so, this will be my celebration for that day, for which I am very happy.

On these dates, since I have to work creating content, I sometimes try to do and advance work for two or three days in one day.

So today, for example, Monday, I decided to create two or three posts for the week, so I can be or find myself a bit more relaxed.

In fact, this post is the second one I am doing today, and I will proceed, after finishing this content, to create another one for the next year, which I have to.

This is to have the time I need to have the recreational space and feel good about myself and to escape from my routine. So this is how I celebrate my Christmas.

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On these days, and for example, for the end of the year, which is tomorrow, I work all day today because I know that tomorrow I will have free time to watch TV, check posts, relax without worrying about monitoring posts or comments I need to make and all that.

This way, I believe I efficiently use my time and return to my routine two or three days later.

So I can say that in my case, it works this way. I know that many other people who work and have their activities or vacation days already established, dedicate this time to relax and have a good time with loved ones.

Normally, in all these companies, what is customary is that by January 15, after the first two weeks of January, all trades and commercial activities resume.

But that is in the case of people who work for companies or large corporations. In my case, as an independent worker, it is very different.

I work 365 days a year and have the advantage of taking my holidays and celebrations whenever I decide.

But believe me, although it seems very good and positive, and I love it that way, it doesn't give you the security of having a fixed income, a fixed salary, and guaranteed holidays.

That's the big difference, not having the security to decide when you want to take your vacations without any supervision from a boss or an external entity forcing you to return to work or to work or stop working when you don't want to.

That's the big difference.