Here are a few more suggestions….by the same author.
Lower your expectations, or “prune your perfectionism.” Makeyour holiday party a dessert thing and forget cooking a full dinner. Promiseyourself you’ll focus on time with loved ones, not clean bathrooms orpresents.
Decide what you want for Christmas. When people ask, “What can Iget you?” provide them with the name of your favorite charity. Or direct themto your Amazon gift list (you can create one for free, for yourself and everymember of your family—and include on your lists items requested bycharities). If you think ahead, you’re more likely to receive what you canreally use, instead of one more fruitcake.
Cut back. Really do it. Defy commercialization and give ofyourself. Start with scheduling “down” time in the same way you would schedulecooking and football time—go ahead and mark off those days today. (Maybe thiswould be a good time to find out when the church parties, office parties, kids’concerts, and musicals will take place, so that I-need-a-costume demand doesn’tcatch you by surprise.) De-stress with prayer, stretching exercises, hotpeppermint tea, and sticking to your boundaries.
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