Yet, there’s nothing worse than waking up December 26 with nothing to show for your efforts except bags of trash and a pile of returns. Now is the time to step back and re-assess what you want Christmas and New Years 2011 to be for you. There’s still time to re-prioritize, change up plans, and create new intentions (and memories).
Below we offer 31 simple ideas with the power to make the holidays brighter. All were designed to create a memory, pamper your senses, and cheer yourself (and others).
Don’t let the stress, hustle and bustle get to you! It’s time to take charge of your own holiday experience!
- Set your holiday intention right now – what two words do you want to be the theme of this season?
- Schedule a massage for after Christmas. You’ll definitely deserve it!
- Hang a wreath on your door.
- Buy yourself some holiday reusable shopping bags. Spread holiday cheer and be kind to the planet.
- Decorate your car windows with window clings.
- Decorate your key chain with a festive key ring.
- Put a fancy holiday pin on your coat/jacket.
- Here’s a simple way to add a holiday touch to any décor...Recycle that ugly Christmas sweater by turning it into a pillow cover! Learn how here.
- Simplify your Christmas to-do list. Anything you can dump or delegate?
- Get a new holiday towel for the kitchen or bathroom. You’ll smile each time you see it.
- Decorate your place of work. Perhaps an ornament from your drawer or a bow on your monitor.
- Burn a mulled cider candle ($5 at Wal-Mart). If nothing else, your house will smell like Christmas!
- Take the family on an outdoor adventure. Just because it’s colder doesn’t mean you need to stay indoors.
- Write your holiday affirmation: My holiday season with filled with _________ & _________.
- Start one new tradition. Read a particular story on Christmas Eve, recite a particular prayer before meal, go caroling, ice skate under the moonlight.
- Make tonight’s dinner conversation about holiday childhood memories.
- Take a family picture this year…no excuses!
- Make a batch of your favorite holiday cookie. On a special diet? Then give them away to others!
- Try out a new mocktail recipe for Christmas! How about a Cinnamon Holiday Mocktini.
- Take some time to reflect on your last year; when did you learn, when did you succeed, when were you amazing?
- Make the game plan for 2012; what’s your intention, what are some goals?
- Schedule an hour of “me time” today. Do whatever you feel will rejuvenate you!
- Get yourself a fun new scarf! You’ll actually look forward to heading out into the cold.
- Sport some new holiday undies.
- Merry Christmas! Enjoy the day to its fullest!
- Buy a new journal for next year.
- Try out a new mocktail recipe for New Year’s Eve! How about a Pomegranate Spritz!
- Answer this Soul Searching Question for next year: What goal, if achieved by year-end, would have the greatest positive impact on my life?
- Answer this Soul Searching Questions for next year: What am I willing to do differently this year that will lead to a life that more closely resembles my vision?
- Make New Year’s Eve a little easier with these simple recipes.
- Write your year’s mistakes and regrets on toilet paper and flush them down the toilet to close the year!
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