There are so many expectations when it comes to the holiday season each year. We need to spend time together, but we also spend too much time together…do you get it?! There seems to be so much stress that is piled into the days of constant eating, drinking and spending way too much. Cheer up! Everything will get done, make an effort to release the control you think you NEED to have over the \’perfect\’ holiday festivity. You know why? Everything happens how it is supposed to happen, and THAT is what is perfect(change your mindset to that).
You will manage to make it through just as you have in years before this; try not to worry about a list that seems to be growing rather than getting completed. Be thankful you have the stress of people to share this holiday, you have food to eat, and most importantly~ the opportunity to make those in your life FEEL happy and fulfilled with just having a simple(and free) conversation with you. Can you move beyond the \’stuff\’ and keep close the people in your life that enjoy you and appreciate you without the materialistic tendencies?
Make someone else laugh this season(you\’ll feel joy, too!). There are no lines, credit cards, or gifts necessary in trying that. Oh, and if you DO have a list and lingering stress: take a deep breath, make shortcuts, set priorities, and think TOGETHERNESS(not expectation). That might help!