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'The last stretch in a marathon': Tips for surviving until Christmas break

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Weekend writer·Bay of Plenty Times·
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It’s called the silly season for good reason. As long lunches, deadlines, and the end of the school year loom, diaries become a hot mess of to-do’s before Aotearoa puts up a collective ‘see you in January’ sign. We ask a psychologist for her tips to stay merry (and sane) during the lead-up.

"It feels like the last stretch in a marathon of a year," says leading New Zealand psychologist at Massey University Dr Kirsty Ross, of the four weeks

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