If you're anything like the Reseller News team at the moment, you'll be in the middle of a haze of pre-Christmas, Christmas, end-of-year, soon-to-be-next-year, just-want-to-party parties.
The channel is renowned for its festivities at this time of year, and we love to eat, drink and be merry as much as the next reseller, distributor or vendor.
But we don't find these occasions to be just frivolity.
As a reseller said to me at a recent event, there were about five people he wanted to catch up with and there they were all in one place.
It's great for morale to get together and have fun with your peers, and some organisations are building more social get-togethers into their calendar throughout the year, not just waiting until Christmas looms.
There's also no substitute for meeting face to face with industry members, to build on the friendships you have and to share information.
It's important to celebrate the achievements of the year and reflect, rather than just plough ahead without a second thought. This is especially true given the hectic nature of working in tech.
If you think back over the year you'll probably realise you've been involved in some very worthwhile projects and deserve to cap them off, and have done some other things you can learn from and improve on next year.
