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The Walking Deadis taking a short break over the holiday season and we understand that the need to find out what happens next is as strong as a walkers need to munch on some fresh flesh.

SoEntertainment Weekly: The Showstopped replayingthat beautiful hugbetween Daryl and Rick for a moment and enlisted the man with the mullet himself, Josh McDermitt (Eugene Porter) to supply some tips to make the time apart more bearable.

Heres McDermittsWalking DeadHiatus Survival Guide:

1:Tell a group of people youre going to ask them out to dinner, then wait seven months to reveal which one it is trust me people love cliffhangers.

2:Put your mullet in the freezer so when the time comes to break it out again, its fresh.

If your roommate complains about having hair next to his ice cream, tell him youll take it out, then dont.

3:Watch something that captures the same bleak helplessnessThe Walking Deaddoes… like, I dont know, the news?

4:If you need your Jeffrey Dean Morgan fix, watch earlyGreys Anatomyand be like, Man, I liked Negan better when he was a sick guy who had a crush on Katherine Heigl.

He has a bunch of others, but youll have to watch them in the clip above.The Walking Deadreturns to AMC on Feb. 12.