Gearing Up – and Slowing Down

December is a tricky month. Usually, for me, it involves a flurry of activity to make sure all the stuff I’m promised myself and other people I’ll get done has to be finished off – often at the last minute. I’m just no good with deadlines, so I have to set myself fake ones to trick my decrepit brain into actually getting some work done. Which brings me back to my main point – what do I do with myself once all the unpleasantness of actually working is behind me?

There’s very little point in sta...