DE-STRESSING DECEMBER. Ten Tips For A Stress-Free Holiday SeasonWritten by Monica Ricci
DE-STRESSING DECEMBER Ten Tips For A Stress-Free Holiday SeasonIf normally joyous holiday season makes you nervous, anxious and stressed out from anticipation, there is hope for you. Below are ten tips for reducing your holiday stress level and increasing your enjoyment of season. 1. Don?t try to do all cooking yourself for your holiday dinner. It?s more fun and less stress when you ask your guests to contribute something special to meal. They will feel needed and you?ll get a break! 2. Be aware of your sugar intake through holidays. Increased sugar levels can make you depressed and bloated. Try to avoid as many holiday treats as you can, so you don?t end up stressing over potential weight-gain come January. 3. Give up Perfect Holiday Myth. Nothing is ever perfect, so stop worrying about things that don?t matter. Believe it or not, nobody really cares if decorations aren?t flawless, wine isn?t cold enough, or pie crust is a little overdone. 4. Invite people to your gatherings and then figure about half of them will have other commitments. Plan accordingly so you don?t overspend your money on way too much food. Remember to enjoy people who DO attend, instead of lamenting over how many sent regrets. 5. Don?t put lights all way around your Christmas tree. Drape them back and forth, but only put them on sides that you can see. That way, when you take them down, you don?t have to walk circles around tree, you just stand in front and pull them off. 6. If you?re handy with a sewing machine, make fabric drawstring bags in varying sizes and festive fabrics. Every Christmas, reuse bags for gift giving under your tree at home, instead of using wrapping paper. You will save yourself money, as well as hours of wrapping time!
| | WHAT'S IT ALL MEAN? Gaining A New Perspective On The Stuff In Your LifeWritten by Monica Ricci
WHAT?S IT ALL MEAN? Gaining A New Perspective On The ?Stuff? In Your LifeOn surface, organizing is about time, space, money, and stuff. Underneath, it?s about inner clarity, strength, and choices we make every day. When life is disorganized and complicated on outside, very often it?s a reflection of what?s going on inside a person...a barometer of sorts. Bottom line is that people are different, circumstances are different and I certainly don?t claim to know it all. But there is one thing I do know, and that is this: Stuff is stuff. Like an anchor to past, your stuff holds you in its grip, never letting you fully look to future, to what could be. Instead it forces you to look at, and to live among what was, what might have been, or what will never be. Stuff is not love, it?s not anger, it?s not sadness or grief. It?s not happy or sad, it?s not good or bad. It has no feelings or thoughts, it can?t laugh with you or cry with you, and it doesn?t get hurt when you throw it against wall in frustration. It?s not your friend or your enemy. It holds no opinions or grudges or judgments. Because it?s not human. You see, your stuff is just like everyone else?s. It?s paper and ink and plastic. It?s smooth or rough, soft or solid, it?s glass and wood and leather. It?s colored fabric and wax and metal and stone. It means nothing but what you tell it to mean. And in this very fact lies freedom!
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