Speaking for myself and probably Patrick, we took a hiatus for several weeks to focus on exams, papers, and projects. It’s nice now to have a bit more time. Most importantly, may everyone have a wonderful Christmas—one that is focused on the Savior and on serving others. I also want to thank my fellow authors on The Provident PhD and all of you who have added comments and given good feedback. We hope you will continue to participate!
Without getting sucked into the commercialization of Christmas, it’s worth thinking about how to take advantage of a situation where so many people do get sucked in. By Monday, many retailers will be dramatically discounting items they had hoped to sell for Christmas. The trick, as always, is to be careful not to buy things that you weren’t planning on buying and don’t need. This is a theme I’ll return to often, but you don’t SAVE anything by buying something on sale that you weren’t going to buy were it not on sale. On the other hand, if you realized that you need some gloves, mittens, hats, etc. this is the perfect time to get them. I remember when my dad was the scout master, he would use after-Christmas sales to stock up on winter gear that was marked down 70% or more. If you’re feeling really ambitious, you could even start doing a bit of Christmas shopping for next year :).
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