Today is December 14 and there are 11 more days to go. If you are feeling a roller coaster of emotions right about now either from the pressure you are putting on yourself, or you feel others are putting on you, stop and take a break because you are about to bow to Christmas stress.
Identify what is stressing you out, causing you to feel this way. Where is your Christmas stress coming from? Think about what you can do about it. Now ask yourself the question: if I don't do it, will the world come to an end? Seems like a silly question but you may be feeling that desperate.
Do something completely different. Take your Christmas stress to www.aarp.org and click onto one of their bowling games, or word games. . .your choice. Their games are open to any age. Re-focus on something that is less stressful. If you have a yard, take a walk, breathe in the fresh air, talk to yourself. Or you can climb on your stationery bike and pretend you are riding on a bike trail.
Another Christmas stress buster: lock yourself in your bathroom, put a blanket on the floor and just sit. I like to meditate on Spiritual things, read my bible, pray. The idea is to go into a place where you can be quiet, be alone with you, to make the re-connection with peace and purpose, to re-evaluate what this time of the year is really all about.
Assess the things that are stressing you out. Is it lack of money? Demanding children? Your expectations dashed? If it's money, you have what you have. If it's demanding children, it's time to sit them down and have a talk, come to a compromise. If it's your dashed expectations, get over them, life happens, things change.
Enjoy life. You only get one. Spending my count down time catching up on my blogs, packing up the old, getting ready for the new. Don't let Christmas stress steal your Joy.
Be Blessed!
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