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Crawling into Christmas?

Why low energy isn’t a verdict on your work.

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Chris Smith, Bec Evans, and Breakthroughs & Blocks
Dec 19, 2025
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Hello writing friends, it’s Chris and Bec here,

Many people seem to be on their knees at the moment. Everyone’s a bit burned out. Us included.

Here in the UK, a heady mix of end-of-year pressure, ‘super-flu’, (dig out your face masks kids), grey weather and a general sense of unease means many of us are crawling rather than ho, ho, ho-ing into Christmas.

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