Christmas 2022: How Students, Professionals And Entrepreneurs Can Make The Best Out Of The Holidays
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Program Overview
Christmas season is upon us and for much of the Christian world, it is a time to soak up with Bible verses and scriptures relating to the birth of Christ. But for a student and professional careerist, the Christmas season has its own spin-offs that can be taken advantage of to advance one’s career or profession.
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What is Christmas?
Christmax across the world largely commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ on 25 December every year. But Christmas is now much more than that. The business world, Christmas is also a time for seasonal profits, ramping sales and even giving back to the community in the form of discounts, promotions and sales themed around Christmax. It is estimated that the Christmax season generates over $10 billion worth of business related to Christmas in just December alone.
For yet another group of people across the world, Christmax is a period for rest from a busy work schedule and be with family. Even college and high school students in the Christian world also close schools for the holidays and spend time with family. As you can see above Christmas is way more than just a commemoration of the birth of Christ. In actual fact, many Christians even celebrate Christmas as a holiday but without even thinking about Christ’s birth.
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In this article, we look at how you can make the best use of the Christmas holiday season.
How students can get the best out of Christmas
As a high school of college student, Christmas comes as a deserved resting period after a long term at school. You’d probably want to view the season as a break from reading and study. Sure, we all do need a break and rest every now and then. Here, we share how else you can make the most out of the Christmas holiday.
Catch up on missed concepts
While taking your Christmas break, you can also get to understand better those most challenging parts of your subjects or courses.
The advantage is that over the Christmas, you will be in a relaxed mood with no pressure of exams. You’re likely to understand those difficult concepts better if you relook at them while in a relaxed mood this festive season.
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Find a seasonal job near you
As we said already, Christmas season is loaded with business opportunities. But with business comes jobs. You will find that the supermarket or factory near your area is hiring seasonal workers for the festive season, and that the job requirements would be much relaxed. You can take up a temporary job and earn extra income this Christmas period. This extra cash can come in handy when you return to schools as it will help oil up a few things.
That being said, you should be cautious to make sure that the extra work you take up over the Christmas holiday must not strain you or leave you tired. Remember you stil must rest so you can start the next school or college term on a fresh note.
Do volunteering activities
Christmas is a time for family, but there are many in your community who do not have anybody to call family. Your presence with them this season could mean a whole lot to them. Hence, you may consider some volunteering activities this Christmas season as part of building your personal profile and doing greater good to humanity. Donate to a cause, join a community volunteering group, spend a day with orphans or the elderly… just find some worthy cause to spend your time on this Christmas season.
When you look back in future at how you have impacted on the fellow humans, you’ll find you won’t regret every minute of it.
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Rest, exercise and practise yoga
You’ll definitely want to enter the New Year fresh, fit and mentally and emotionally stronger than you’ve been this 2022. And what a better way to do that than just resting.
Yes, just taking your foot off the pedal can heal whatever damage the year 2022 has done to your inner self.
Read a book, dig up something in the garden, mow the loan, visit a friend, practise yoga, exercise, stay healthy, eat healthy… there’s a whole load of stuff you can do to keep yourself physically and spiritually health this Christmas season.
How professionals can get the best out of Christmas
As a Professional worker or businessperson, you have yet another Christmas season upon you. There will be opportunities to make money, and there will be losses too if you’re not well prepared.
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Find a side hustle
You probably have a lot of time on your hands this Christmas season than you ever had all year, so it is important that you think deeply about how you want to spend this windfall of a time.
If some shops or businesses near you are hiring for the festive season, you’d want to probably score some extra cash by taking up a job. This could help ease your financial woes as we head into January 2023.
Go out of line and make money
As an entrepreneur, you probably have to go out of line to make money this Christmas season. This might mean selling things you rarely sell, all because there’s a market mow that Christmas is close. But remember Christmas is only a passing phase and you don’t want to disenfranchise your regular clients while chasing after a seasonal business. Hence, you’ll need to be careful how you take this route.
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Rest, relax and hope for a better 2023
Finally, we all deserve and need to rest. Whether you’re in a profession or a business, it is important that you also take this Christmas holiday as a break from your usual busy life. Your family needs your presence now more than ever. Give it to them, for it is them who have supported you all the way thus far.
Also, take the time to reflect on how you spent your 2022, what lessons you learnt and what disappointments you encountered. Are you going to do things differently in 2023?
Which part of you needs to change and what sort of change do you require?
These are honest questions you should start asking yourself ahead of the New Year.
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