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Holiday Feelings: Are They Merry or Stressful?

Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Nov 9, 2022 | Replies (172)
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@debbraw

Thank you for posting this, Teresa. i was so stressed yesterday and today - trying to get last minute gifts bought, all gifts wrapped, some gifts mailed... I just felt overwhelmed. It helped me to make a list to really identify exactly what remained to be done. And then, tomorrow, on my list... I'm going to take some time for me. Maybe I will sit and look at the ocean, maybe I will walk... it's "me time" and I can do anything I want. I've penciled it in. LOL

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lioness | @lioness | Dec 18, 2018

@debbraw everything you,ve done you deserve a walk on the beach or sit and listen to the ocean

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Dec 19, 2018

Great idea, @debbraw. We all need some breaks when holiday stress becomes too much.

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Dec 21, 2018

@debbraw- That's the point isn't it-to prioritize! I actually called off our usual celebrations for a few years because I couldn't seem to even do that. I have now learned that what I needed to do was not cancel but cut back and change things. I am very close with my sister and her family and she has been willing to adapt. So instead of me making a huge meal, etc for Christmas we go out, and this year we are going out on Christmas eve because our kids need to go back home. We have also cut back on gifts and enjoy the companionship much more instead of making gift giving, decorating and cooking a competition.
I think that we have all fallen into the commercial trap of holidays way too much. It's become too much for everyone I think.

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