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5 Ways to Save Money This Holiday Season (Without Disappointing Anyone)

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So, the holidays and all the cheerful “requirements” that come with it, from gift-giving for dozens of people to taking time off work, can just add another layer of stress in a season meant for joy and relaxation. Exhausted Americans are saying enough to the holiday extras. It’s time to have the talk and not feel bad about it.

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The Holiday Blues Are Normal—These 8 Tips from Experts Can Help You Better Manage Difficult Emotions

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The holiday season, starting with Thanksgiving and Hanukkah, can be a time of great joy with family, friends and tradition, but not everyone feels jolly this time of year. If you’ve experienced a loss, gone through a breakup or simply feel alone, the holidays can put a spotlight on your grief. Manage your expectations.

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If Sending Christmas Cards Feels Like a Chore, Here’s How to Politely Opt Out

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Mailing holiday cards is a popular tradition. At minimum, there’s the business of purchasing, signing, addressing and mailing our greetings before the holidays arrive. Letting the tradition go: How to stop sending Christmas cards For different reasons, some of us are opting out of the holiday card tradition.

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Seasonal Overwhelm? Here’s Your Sanity-Saving Guide

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For me, seasonal overwhelm is a combination of my granddaughter’s soccer practices and games, seasonal activities like apple picking and pumpkin carving parties, increased client projects, and trying to plan for the fast-approaching holiday season. Plus, the end of the fiscal year coincides with the holiday season.

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The 2021 Awesomely-Appropriate Holiday-Gift Guide for Colleagues and Clients

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While you absolutely can go hog wild on these sites and spend to your heart’s content, you can also buy wonderful things here that won’t break the bank. Can’t choose? I don’t know how, but it was gone. Who wouldn’t love these? $65+ Gift Shops. Handmade Gifts. Office & Business Gifts.

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How Financial Wellness Programs Can Benefit Employees and Employers

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Gone are the days when new employees received a list of the company holidays during onboarding and a packet with information about how to sign up for health care and retirement benefits. We want them to be productive and happy and creative and we don’t want money stress to get in the way.”

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John Furniss Can’t See, But That Doesn’t Stop His Passionate Pursuit of Art and Purpose as The Blind Woodsman

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On April 10, 1998, it all came to a head: “I didn’t want to do it anymore; I didn’t want to live anymore,” he says. For one thing, even if we were doing the art fairs and holiday sales and stuff like that, it was a small, local customer base. And so I attempted suicide by shooting myself.” Someone, actually.