I just wanted to pop in and wish everyone here a Merry Christmas.  If Christmas isn’t your thing, then Merry (insert whatever it is you do here).

I submitted my final quiz last night.  Okay, I’ll admit, I ran through it as quickly as possible in order to go to a party and didn’t do that great.  67% actually but fortunately for me, it isn’t weighted heavily in my final grade.  I really have started to burn out towards this Christmas break and I noticed that my effort was not on the level that it should be or that the program deserves.  I will FORCE myself not to read any Business or MBA books this 2 week break and only relax so that I can come at this fresh.  Actually that will be somewhat difficult to do since I have about 5 unread and very expensive MBA books laying about that I have primarily been using as reference guides.  I’d really like to read them all but if I do that, I will waste this break and be just as worn out as I am now if not more so.

This leads me to a good point.  We all need rest.  Even God rested on the 7th day and without it we will run ourselves into the ground.  I am hereby prescribing a couple of days of rest for everyone here.  Stop, enjoy the holidays, smell the roses, spend time with loved ones and friends you haven’t seen in a while.  Become a normal person for a little while, then when you’ve had enough climb back into whatever cave you descended from and get back to work.