12/21/16

By: Avery Thomas

Reach out to others.

While the holidays and Christmas time can be a stressful time while running around trying to get gifts for everyone on your lists, it’s good to take a break from this stress and remember to give to others. Remember that not everyone is able to wake up on christmas and have a tree full of gifts. Giving to others during the holiday season is a great way to relieve the stress and remember to stay positive. Giving to others will not only help you to feel good about yourself during this busy time of the year, but it will also make someone who is less fortunes holiday season much more joyful.

Stick to a budget.

Even though everyone on your shopping list is important to you and you want to buy them all the most expensive gifts, it is good to set a limit on how much you are willing to spend, before it gets out of hand. Having a budget and knowing when to stop is very important. You don’t want to look back on the presents you’ve bought and realize that you’ve spent way too much money and start stressing over this. Make sure your budget is reasonable, but also enough to get everyone that is important to you a gift they are deserving of.

Plan ahead.

When figuring out all of the things you have to do for the holidays, the list can get a bit overwhelming. Make sure that you plan ahead and decide what days you are going to do what. If you have specific days and specific time frames for everything you have to do, it can release some of the stress knowing that you do have time to fit in everything.

Don’t abandon healthy habits.

With the stress of having a so much to do and not enough time, it can be easy to get off track of healthy eating and start to eat what is easiest, junk food. Do not give in to the temptations of having McDonald’s everyday just because it’s easy. Eating healthier will keep you fit and give you more energy to accomplish everything that you need to get done.

Be realistic.

When completing all of the tasks on your to do list this holiday season, remember to be realistic about everything on your list. Understand that there may be things that just may not be possible to do, after all there is only one of you. Also remember that holiday traditions don’t always stay  the same. Things don’t always work out the same as they have in the past. Don’t try to make everything as perfect as it always has been in the past. In some things don’t work out it is okay.

Keep it simple.

When planning for the holidays, it is easy to go overboard. Everyone wants all of their gifts and all of the parties they throw to be extravagant and amazing. Remember to keep things simple however. The simpler things are the easier it is for you. Just because it is simple doesn’t mean it is boring or bad. Just make things as easy as possible for you, the less stressed you are the better things will turn out.

Although the holidays can be a very stressful time, just remember that they are meant to be a time to relax and spend time with family and friends, So take things easy and try to enjoy them as much as possible.