The holidays are coming up and I think everyone's feeling the crunch!
Holiday parties with family, friends, co-workers, shopping for - or in my case, creating - Christmas gifts for my friends and family. The days feel shorter and more jam-packed and when I lay down at the end of the day, I'm asleep pretty much as soon as my head hits the pillow.
This time of year is magical.
And what's also magical is that I have the ability to say yes AND no to things.
So this weekend, I said no to a lot. I said no to two fitness classes I had planned on attending because my body clearly needed a rest. I said no to going out Saturday night, mostly because of finances but also because I simply didn't want to be at a bar. I said no to leaving my house Sunday.
I said YES to spending a lot of time in my kitchen cooking delicious foods.
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| Wild Rice and Broccoli Salad with Edamame and Baked Sweet Potatoes with Chickpeas |
I said YES to completing two Christmas present projects.
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| A stuffed stegosaurus for my great niece and/or nephew. |
I said YES to silly movies on Netflix while crafting. I said YES to household chores and Dave Matthews Band radio on Pandora. I said YES to enjoying the snow as it fell yesterday morning. I said YES to spending a couple of hours at the Christmas Tree Shoppe. I said YES to a homemade tofu fudgesickle.
Basically, I said YES to the things I needed to nurture my spirit! And I think around the holiday time, it's easy to forget that we have the ability to do that.
We can pick and choose where we spend our energy. If we have nothing left to give, it's so important to really scale back and take the time we need for ourselves. This is exactly what I did this weekend.
"There's no such thing as being too busy. If you really want something, you will make the time for it."
