JANUARY 2018 ISSUE # 9 6
It’s a strange time of year, Christmas. We look forward to it for months and, to a degree, it lives up to the hype – but you’re often left wondering whether it was all worth it. I don’t have children yet, so admittedly my experiences of festive chaos are hardly comparable to any mothers reading this, anticipating the impending stress of having more than one child of school next month and perhaps a beloved ‘smother in-law’ to stay. But nonetheless, I find I end up neglecting any time for myself – including my runs – in favour of social invites I wish I’d never accepted.