This year I’m hosting the in-laws for Christmas.

At last count there are going to be 20 of us.

Do you think a 21-lb turkey and a 5 pound ham will be enough?

My house is still a wreck.

And I haven’t finished my baking.

And Christmas Eve is TOMORROW.

I most definitely have a case of the Christmas Crazies.

Gotta chill & get the hubster as involved as possible. It IS his family…

So, on to the links…

That is, if you have the time to sit for a few and read in the midst of the Holiday crazy-making.

Fight for Your Ideas. Ideas are like children. I don’t have any just yet but I know that I will fight for them as my parents fought for me. So If you won’t fight for your baby ideas, who will? The author’s story proves this point.

Lead Us Somewhere New by Learning Something New. Just like the first few years of playing piano is all about the beat, the first few years in anything you do is going to be baby giraffe-ish. But pushing “past the beat” into flow is where the fun begins. Read this.

It’s Not the Recession, You Just Suck. This is one from April of 2009, but it’s still appropriate. Are you still whining about the economy? Why do you insist on giving others control over your ability to earn an income?

Does Goal-Setting Make You too Future-Focused? More perspectives on how traditional goal-setting is broken. With the rise of the creative (see: Dan Pink’s A Whole New Mind* & Richard Florida’s Rise of the Creative Class*), traditional, linear goal-setting isn’t working. This post has a few perspectives from different bloggers about this.

And just because I like skulls and there will be no snow in Georgia at Christmastime: Snow Skull.

Hope everyone who’s celebrating has a wonderful Christmas!!

*These are Amazon Associate links. I get a miniscule bit of cash when you buy through these links. If you prefer not to use these, by all means, search the titles yourself on Amazon. I’m not gonna come after you with a hacksaw… Promise.

photo credit: stevendepolo