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Christmas Planning for 2023…. it’s too early, right?

October 21, 2023 by DeclutterDivva Leave a Comment

You might be thinking that it is too early to think about the holiday, yet it is not really that early. Christmas is nine weeks away. ONLY nine weeks!

If you want to take the stress out of the holidays and enjoy the season, consider using the next week to prep and then start your holiday eight-week plan to start a week from today.

Starting your plan now, will bring joy to the season instead of stress.

Interested in a checklist for a stress-free holiday, contact me.

Filed Under: Stress Management Tagged With: holiday planning, stress free holiday, surviving the holidays

Practice Resilience This Holiday Season

December 3, 2016 by clutterbusting Leave a Comment

pour-from-an-empty-cupWe all complain about what a whirlwind the holiday is and how stressful this time of year is.

We fail to remember that we choose what activities, events and priorities we participate in.

What if this holiday season during the month of December you chose to practice resilience?

So here is my challenge, pick one thing you can do to fill your cup everyday. I bet you will be surprised in the difference it makes. Challenge accepted?

 

Filed Under: Taking Action Tagged With: reslience, surviving the holidays

Holiday Expectations – It’s Not Too Late to Change

November 26, 2016 by clutterbusting Leave a Comment

So you just finished or are in the middle this weekend of your Thanksgiving Day celebrations.

And so it begins the holiday rush. Do you get caught up in the traditions and activities of the season and before your know it you are overcommitted and feeling stressed.

What happened to your commitment last year to make changes? I understand it is hard to change and to feel like you are disappointing family or friends, but you need to set expectations for yourself and your family so that you can reduce holiday stress. And so that you can actually enjoy the season and experience some joy and peace.

So take a pause today and ask yourself what would give you joy this year and make plans to incorporate that into your holiday plans. If you keep doing the same things you will keep getting the same results. If you are okay with that; then that is great. But if you are looking for something different from the holiday season this year…take a risk and change things up. You might be surprised…others might thank you for it.

This quote is worth sharing again…

Let me listen to me and not to them. ~ Gertrude Stein

Filed Under: Stress Management Tagged With: reslience, Stress Management, surviving the holidays

Are You Ready for the Holidays?

October 29, 2016 by clutterbusting Leave a Comment

I am sure some of you are wondering if I have lost my mind thinking about the holidays in October.

Well, I am thinking about you and wanting you to have a holiday with less stress. I want you to not only survive this holiday season, but thrive.

You can do it with the Eight Week Holiday Plan. Don’t wait. Begin working toward a stress-free holiday now so you enjoy the reason for the season.

If you would like to obtain a copy of my Eight Week Holiday Plan, contact me.

Contact me for a free 30 minute introductory life coaching session to conquer chaos and create harmony.

 

 

Filed Under: Stress Management Tagged With: holiday planning, Stress Management, surviving the holidays

Stress Less This Holiday- Six-week Countdown

November 14, 2015 by clutterbusting Leave a Comment

Did you start your holiday countdown on November 1? If no, read on…

Having an eight week timeline for planning a stress-free holiday is ideal. Yet you can still reduce the anxiety caused by the holidays if you strategically use the six weeks remaining before the holiday. Here is a list of specific tasks to accomplish week by week for the next six weeks to take the stress out of the holidays.

  • 6 weeks: develop gift list, set up gift-wrapping center shop/wrap ½ of gift list, develop card list, address envelopes/create holiday letter/copy
  • 5 weeks: shop/wrap ½ of gift list, finalize baking/menu list, buy stamps gather return labels
  • 4 weeks: decorate outdoors, write holiday cards, buy baking supplies
  • 3 weeks: decorate indoors, mail gifts/cards
  • 2 weeks: attend/host parties, buy grocery staples, bake/cook ahead, begin cleaning/finalize holiday menu
  • 1 week: finish baking/cleaning, buy perishable groceries.

So put these tasks in your calendar and you’ll be on the road to feeling prepared and calm this holiday season. If you would like to receive a copy of my Six Week Holiday Checklist, contact me.

Filed Under: Clutter Busting Tagged With: holiday countdown, stress-free holidays, stress-less, surviving the holidays

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