Despite my best efforts at simplifying, I’m stressing a bit right now. In case you haven’t noticed, Christmas is almost here. And even though we’re having a quiet family dinner, we have a bare minimum of decorations (see last year’s “Link Love: Holiday Edition” for the reason why), and we have what I consider a quite reasonable list of people to exchange gifts and greetings with, I still find myself dashing around—this morning, a trip to Costco is in order and my gas tank is running on empty, so I’ll have to stop and gas up, oh and while I’m out, I think I’ll have one of Chik-fil-A’s holiday peppermint chocolate chip milkshakes (a simple pleasure I missed last year to my great chagrin)… See what I mean?
The problem is, life wants to happen at the same time I’m
busy making Christmas plans.
My challenge is to take the pressure off by doing only what
is meaningful to our family, not getting caught up in what other people do this
time of year (no matter how fun it sounds), and letting some of “life” slide
for the time being. Not that this is news to me, of course, but I seem to need
to be reminded again and again. There is no “right” way to celebrate the
holidays, nor is there a “right” way to be happy. There is only the way that is
right for me.
I hope you are having a joyful and stress-free holiday season! If you have time, share some of your favorite holiday traditions in the comments section below.