Today is Christmas Eve’s Eve. I hope everyone is feeling more excited and
pleased with the approaching holiday.
However I’m sure there are quite a few of you who are feeling a bit
stressed and maybe even down. As I’ve mentioned before I can easily fall into a holiday slump. To avoid that, here are 5 tips on how to feel
more Joy during Christmas and the Holidays Season.
pleased with the approaching holiday.
However I’m sure there are quite a few of you who are feeling a bit
stressed and maybe even down. As I’ve mentioned before I can easily fall into a holiday slump. To avoid that, here are 5 tips on how to feel
more Joy during Christmas and the Holidays Season.
- Figure out what is most important to you and try to make
that happen. For me that is spending
time with my mom and people whose company I enjoy the most. - Try to understand what is most important to the people who
are important to you. I think a lot
holiday disagreements and confusion could be minimized if not avoided if we had
a better understanding of how our loved ones really wanted to celebrate and
vice versa. This may require a little
thing called communication where you ask them what they like best about the
holidays, what there fondest memories are, etc… - Accept that you are not a kid anymore. The things that made Christmas and the
Holidays great as a kid may not be available to you know as an adult. We used to have big Christmas dinners at my
Uncle’s house when I was a kid. Now
everyone tends to have small gatherings at individual houses. Things just change over time. Some changes you will like and some you
won’t. The quicker you can accept the
changes and focus on the ones you like the quicker you can stop expecting
something unrealistic and setting yourself up for disappointment. - Focus on the little things.
While the main thing I want out of Christmas and the Holidays is to
spend time with my mom and other loved ones there are lots of little things
that really add to my holiday experience.
I really enjoy the holiday decorations, watching my pets react to the
Christmas tree, giving gifts in pretty wrapping paper and gift bags, eating
traditional foods, and playing a Christmas prank J - If you feel your Holidays are becoming too materialistic ask
yourself what is the emotion or experience you are trying to give via the gifts.
Those emotions would be your true motivation.
Then focus on expressing them along with handing over the pretty shiny
things. I think most of us are trying to
make people feel loved, special, and appreciated when we give them gifts. So focus on expressing that.
These tips can be applied to any holiday and even our
birthdays. What tips would you add? Which of the above tips do you find most
helpful?
birthdays. What tips would you add? Which of the above tips do you find most
helpful?
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Definitely a great list of things. Although, while I would say it's definitely good to remember we're not kids anymore, I definitely think there's a component of channel your inner child 🙂
This is genius – thank you for writing! I really needed to read this – #5 is my favorite. I forget it really is just all about making a person feel a certain way – that they are special and loved. And really we should be doing this all year round, and one or two gifts aren't going to mean anything if you don't focus on telling that person in words (and other actions) that they are loved. Great post – and Merry Christmas to you and your family!
I especially love tips #3 and #4 – Merry Christmas hon!