Holiday Mulligan

I love the holidays for many reasons and I imagine I'm not alone in my love for the holidays. Some people love the time off of work/school. For others its the buying and giving of gifts. And others are all about the Christmas parties. Everyone has their favorite thing/things about the holidays. But my favorite thing about the holidays is what I call the "Holiday Mulligan." You see, I intend to be a person of integrity. I try to let my "yes" be "yes" and my "no" be "no." If you are counting me, I do everything in my power to be reliable. Call me crazy, but this is the code that I live by. And sometimes, I'll let someone down. Sometimes I will be at fault and I will need to apologize for not coming through.

I noticed something interesting during this busy Christmas season though. I had made several pledges to people during the course of the holidays. In typical fashion, I overbooked myself and committed to too many things. As I result, I ended up letting people down. But to my surprise, folks are more forgiving than usual, and it occurred to me, rather than take responsibility, just blame the holidays. By some mystery, people are 88% more forgiving if you made a mistake due to the busyness of the holidays.


Forgot to respond to an important phone call? Ran over the neighbors dog? Left your kid at the restaurant when he/she went to the bathroom? No worries, just blame the holidays. People will understand. This, my friends, is the beauty of the holiday season! Not only are are their food, friends, and festivities, but we also have the the ultimate get out of jail card, the Holiday Mulligan! Just blame the holidays and watch your worries go away.

On an unrelated note, some of you were wondering why I haven't been updating the blog the last week and a half. With the holidays and whatnot, I'm sure you will understand why I couldn't keep writing.

Good to be back my friends! I'm one week late (holidays kept me busy you know), but Happy New Year!