7 Ways To Avoid Murder On Thanksgiving

I’m sure you know that the holiday period is the most stressful time of the year, but my guess is you don’t know exactly how stressful it is is and how that stress is likely to manifest itself. But worry not, I’m here to help you make sure that your family get together to give thanks for turkeys (and other flightless tasty birds) doesn’t turn into another St Valentines Massacre. But first a sobering fact for you to take into consideration. The chances of you, or a loved one, turning into a homicidal maniac and slaughtering your family and all your neighbors on Thanksgiving rises from the usual 5,000,000 to 1 to a sobering 12 to 1. You may think that seems a tad high, but it’s absolutely true because I remember reading it on a blog once and bloggers never lie or make shit up, it’s illegal. And by the way, those odds are closer to 10 to 1 on Christmas Day, but let’s concentrate on getting you to the end of the week still breathing before we get all ambitious and worry about the carnage of Christmas. Some of these tips may seem obvious, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take them seriously, very seriously, and not just presume because you’ve never lost the plot before you’re not likely to do now, because the stats don’t lie. 1. Burn All Copies Of Trivial Pursuit What seems like a bit of family fun, a nice game of Trivial Pursuit, actually increases your odds of at least choking a family member to death to approximately 2 to 1. You may think that you’l...
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