Surviving the Holiday Season

The Traveling Introvert

"The Holiday Season for Introverts: 'It is only September, and yet I'm planning how to get through the next sort of 4 month season, including January.'"

— Janice Chaka [00:00:01 → 00:01:01]

"The Festive Season: What does the festive season look like for you? Maybe you're working all the way through. I definitely had a job, previously, which I kind of really enjoyed, that it was the quiet season. I still had to work all the way through because payroll. Everyone still needs to get paid, but everything else died down. And it was a great time for me to organize things, and it was a great time me to clean things up and to prepare for the new year."

— Janice Chaka [00:01:16 → 00:01:39]

Finding Balance and Prioritizing: "Knowing in advance when your days off are going to be and knowing that maybe I can only do 1 social activity during that time and prioritizing, maybe in advance. Like, who is it that you wanna spend that time with? And there some people who will energize you when you spend time with them and some will drain. So maybe trying to find a balance or planning advance who you're gonna see so that maybe one time it's someone draining and one time it's someone not draining and thinking about that in advance."

— Janice Chaka [00:01:49 → 00:02:17]

Finding Joy in Community: "Be like, this is my day that I'm gonna do this thing that brings me joy... having some pillars of stability and things that bring joy that are embedded in your calendar and embedded in your next coming months will be really impactful and helpful for you and your energy levels."

— Janice Chaka [00:03:20 → 00:03:33]

Setting Boundaries: "Yes, I have the time and energy and bandwidth to do this. Or, actually, no. I'm gonna do this thing instead because it's better for me."

— Janice Chaka [00:03:52 → 00:04:00]

Holiday Preparation: "Knowing how to diffuse situations, knowing what you will and won't talk about, knowing different topics and having conversations in mind that you would like to have or can have that are safe. Topics is also a really good thing to think about in advance."

— Janice Chaka [00:04:11 → 00:04:25]

"Achieving Career Success: 'Helping you build your brand and get hired.'"

— Janice Chaka [00:05:07 → 00:05:08]