It isn’t just difficult family dynamics or the prospect of stretching a budget to purchase expensive gifts that can make the holiday season stressful. Workplace concerns, like not meeting all your goals, looming deadlines and burnout, can also surface at the end of the year.
According to Patricia Dixon, a licensed clinical psychologist and adjunct professor at National Louis University in Tampa, it’s normal to feel a bit overwhelmed with work stress around the holidays.
As we reflect on the past year, we may feel inclined to “focus too much on what we haven’t done” Dixon tells CNBC Make It. “And then it makes us lose sight of what we have.”
Whether you’re having a hard time unplugging or battling with feeling like you haven’t done enough, here are some tips from Dixon, and other psychologists, for successfully overcoming end-of-year stress.
Maybe you didn’t get that big promotion you’d been eyeing since January. Or you didn’t launch the business you’ve been thinking about. That doesn’t mean you don’t have any wins to be proud of at the end of the year, says Dixon.
