Every Year I find that come December, life takes on a frenetic pace, I become very stressed and all the things that I should find joyful, become a chore that I dread. So this year I am going to do all of the things that might become a chore well ahead of time in order that I can enjoy them and take the pleasure in them that I should be able to. I'm giggling a little because I always scoff at all the shops that start stocking Christmas items in September and here I am joining in but...... October is going to be 'Christmas Month'!!!!
I plan to:
- Buy, wrap, parcel up and address gifts ready to give and send.
- Make Pudding and Cake in good time (capital letters as they are so important to our Christmas traditions here!).
- Make, write, put photos of the children in, seal, address and stamp Christmas cards.
It is the cards that I particularly want to take time over, to write individual letters to cherished people that I don't make enough time for through the busy months of the year! I love doing the gift shopping, I find it fun and I take a lot of pleasure in giving gifts that people will really like. I don't buy for the sake of it, or spend a certain amount on certain people. I buy what I think that they will like!
Then roll on December when I will have time to spend with my family without feeling stressed out and can help my daughter make all the presents that she is planning to give to people!
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Wow, now that is impressive! What a wonderful help that will be during the holidays.
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Sherry
http://sherry-startingoverat40.blogspot.com/2010/10/mission-of-month-prioritize.html
You go girl! Instead of enjoying Christmas, I always feel so stressed that I dread it. There are so many good ideas that people from Mama's Mission are coming up with, my idea list is growing. I cannot wait to hear about your accomplishments!
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Jennifer~ This is a GREAT mission!!! I ALMOST decided to make Christmas my mission for October, but decided to save it for November. Hopefully I still won't end up doing everything at the last minute!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining in!!