Comments on: Why Do We Run Round Like Headless Chickens Before Christmas? http://blog.gettingagrip.com/why-do-we-run-round-like-headless-chickens-before-christmas Time management Tue, 01 Jun 2010 02:50:36 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Andy V http://blog.gettingagrip.com/why-do-we-run-round-like-headless-chickens-before-christmas/comment-page-1#comment-354 Andy V Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:04:40 +0000 http://blog.gettingagrip.com/?p=170#comment-354 Hi Robyn, Great confirmation of exactly what happens. I strove to build a rabbit hutch for my twin girls this Xmas break and it took me 3 days intense focus. The girls drew up a rough sketch, the hutch grew to a handsome 2.5m*1mwide*1m deep. It had a secod storey added + a nesting area. All in all striving to have it complete by the New Year led me soldiering on from 815am till 945pm on the last day. Truly a testament to closing things out by EOY. It did provude me energy and a new beginning albeit that I did sleep for 10 hours the next morning as it all caught up on me. In hindsight am guessing it would have taken us even longer had we not drawn up a plan and cutting list. Phew! Anyway Happy New Year and looking forward to a prosperous 2010 for all. Hi Robyn,

Great confirmation of exactly what happens. I strove to build a rabbit hutch for my twin girls this Xmas break and it took me 3 days intense focus. The girls drew up a rough sketch, the hutch grew to a handsome 2.5m*1mwide*1m deep.
It had a secod storey added + a nesting area. All in all striving to have it complete by the New Year led me soldiering on from 815am till 945pm on the last day. Truly a testament to closing things out by EOY. It did provude me energy and a new beginning albeit that I did sleep for 10 hours the next morning as it all caught up on me.
In hindsight am guessing it would have taken us even longer had we not drawn up a plan and cutting list. Phew!
Anyway Happy New Year and looking forward to a prosperous 2010 for all.

]]> By: mary ralph http://blog.gettingagrip.com/why-do-we-run-round-like-headless-chickens-before-christmas/comment-page-1#comment-266 mary ralph Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:17:03 +0000 http://blog.gettingagrip.com/?p=170#comment-266 Hi Robyn, you put it into words very well. In my case.... it's clean-up time for people who will be coming into the house to stay. And I can actually goad John into helping! Here's a funny for you... Christmas says 'Hello', then says BUY BUY. Enjoy the family. love, Mary Hi Robyn, you put it into words very well.
In my case…. it’s clean-up time for people who will be coming into the house to stay. And I can actually goad John into helping!
Here’s a funny for you…
Christmas says ‘Hello’, then says BUY BUY.

Enjoy the family.
love, Mary

]]> By: Heather Jenks http://blog.gettingagrip.com/why-do-we-run-round-like-headless-chickens-before-christmas/comment-page-1#comment-265 Heather Jenks Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:43:22 +0000 http://blog.gettingagrip.com/?p=170#comment-265 Hi Robyn Interesting thoughts, it is ritualistic to end the year with a clean up of the old in preparation for the new. For many of us who work in organisations that have calender year cut offs for our work patterns, we are given very strong encouragements to complete projects in this manner, think of the annual reports that have to be written documenting the years achievements (not usually the years failures). Often for people do the big annual clean up, this includes cleaning down desk space, the wiping away of gathered dust and other debris - very cathartic and so very symbolic. I am planning on such a session this coming Wednesday, leaving my work space shiny and new for the New Year. Hi Robyn
Interesting thoughts, it is ritualistic to end the year with a clean up of the old in preparation for the new. For many of us who work in organisations that have calender year cut offs for our work patterns, we are given very strong encouragements to complete projects in this manner, think of the annual reports that have to be written documenting the years achievements (not usually the years failures). Often for people do the big annual clean up, this includes cleaning down desk space, the wiping away of gathered dust and other debris – very cathartic and so very symbolic. I am planning on such a session this coming Wednesday, leaving my work space shiny and new for the New Year.

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