From the author: This article is from a series of my “sewing-psychological notes”, in which I compare psychology (my main profession) with sewing and knitting (my hobbies, hobbies). Here I discuss the fact that in every profession there are certain seasonal ups and downs in customer requests. (The article was written on December 31, 2010) Today is December 31. The last 2 weeks have been filled with the pre-New Year bustle associated with stocking up on food for all holidays, searching for gifts for friends and relatives, visiting corporate and children's "Christmas trees", completing "last year's affairs" and other chores))) During this period, I begin to treat my profession as a psychologist with even greater love)))) This aggravation is associated with a seasonal decrease in the activity of clients. Some potential clients hope that with the arrival of the New Year “everything will resolve itself” or that Santa Claus will actually fulfill all their wishes, a miracle will happen and all problems will be solved by themselves. And they put off their appeal “for later.” Many clients ask not to make appointments in the last days of December and “sacredly honor” the ten-day vacation given to us by former President V.V. Putin. I see this as a complete positive! First of all, time is freed up for solving unfinished business, you can calmly plan your pre-New Year's chores, spend more time with your family and daughters, make New Year's costumes for them, make Christmas decorations, leisurely decorate the house, go around the shops, etc. (according to a list of 38 items)) )) I am especially happy for myself today when I remember the New Year’s Eve, it seems 1997-1998. (this was the short period when I was quite closely involved in individual tailoring). I remember that I placed my last order on the 31st at about one o'clock in the afternoon. And in the 2 weeks preceding this event, I sewed a whole wardrobe of blouses, skirts, dresses, trousers... After the door closed behind the last client, I sat down, looked around and was horrified by what was happening around (“the whole house is upside down ”, a mouse hanging itself in the refrigerator, and I myself “well, I have absolutely nothing to wear”)... I don’t even want to remember those feelings. In terms of seasonal surges in client activity, these two professions have more differences than they have in common. According to my observations, the peaks in orders for sewing products occur in the pre-New Year weeks, spring (from March to May) and a small surge before September 1. For psychologists (again I rely only on my observations) seasonal increases in activity are associated with autumn and spring. Before the New Year, people are “busy” waiting for a miracle, anticipating the opportunity to change themselves and their destiny by making a wish during the chimes. In general, there is only one intersection - spring. I think we can talk about the reasons for this in the following articles. And now (just like this, leaving the text without “so” or “thus”) I’m running off to prepare a festive dinner))))