As I see it, there are two ways to reduce holiday stress:
- Lower our expectations--literally cross off the number of things on our to-do list.
- Get started earlier.
My personal preference is a combination of both these strategies. Here's what I want to accomplish this year:
Make holiday cards like last year.
- I need to draft the text for our holiday cards.
- Ask Matt to select the photos for our holiday card.
- Get the card designed.
- Get the card printed.
- Pick up stamps.
- Get updated addresses from my friends and family.
- Stuff all the envelopes.
- And send!
Purchase all my gifts and get them wrapped before Thanksgiving.
- Make a list of everyone we need to get gifts for.
- Brainstorm ideas.
- Make purchases.
- Figure out what we are going to do for wrapping paper this year.
- Wrap our gifts!
- Make gift tags.
Decide which gifts I'm going to make.
- Make a list.
- Brainstorm ideas.
- Get supplies.
- Make the gifts!
Get Matt's birthday present (end of November).
- Luckily I collect ideas all year.
- Purchase gift.
We'll see which of these things I get started on versus which things just get crossed off the list!
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I promise I am open to feedback and truly appreciate hearing others' insights into my choices (it's like free therapy!), but please say it in the same way you would say it if we were sitting across from each other at brunch or next to each other on a park bench while our children play.