Around this time of year, life can get stressful – there’s a lot to plan for Christmas, you may have friends and family visiting, shopping for gifts and festive catering can be stressful both financially and time-wise. Children may be finishing school and are home a lot more, you may go on vacation and living in each other’s pockets could be a source of new tensions. Whatever your scenario, this time of year brings challenges – however, it is also a great opportunity to check in with how your perspective alters your experience of your life. If you focus on the negative elements – of how annoying a certain situation is – rather than choosing to allow the positive to have a stronger influence upon your mood and behaviour (appreciating how warm the Summer is, or how magical it is to have the snow falling – depending on your location in the world!), you run the risk of rushing around and doing the busy work that we have been talking about and not enjoying the season for what it is – a time to relax. Yes, there may be lots to be done and disagreements or tensions are bound to arise, however if you have given yourself time to plan and organise yourself, asked some people in your life for help at key stages and you haven’t unnecessarily overcomplicated things by planning too many events, you can free up some of your mind to sit down and enjoy the new company, the time off, your loved ones. Just make sure that your focus is on the positive, and not a constant to-do list or resentment spiral.
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