Overcoming the HO-Ho-HO HUMBUG ... This Season! <<<<< 12.22.23 >>>>>
- NiNi Jo
- Dec 22, 2023
- 5 min read
Updated: Jan 6, 2024
HO-Ho-HO—HUMBUG!
Got A Case Of The BUHH HUMBUG???
Holidazeee Crazeee keeping your Nervous System All A Stir???
End of Year-New Year Anxiety Creeping Up on Ya?
WELL …
This Blog Post is For YOU!
For many, The End of Year Holidays is the Ultimate Battlefield of EMOTiONs … so best we prepare for what we may be EMOTiNG as our bodies and minds are in a constant risen state of Motion. Of course! We’re excited and eager to all the lovely things the holiday season may bring like Being with families… eating GOODT and making plans for how we’d like to prosper next year…but… that comes to be very TASKiNG, TOO. Constant clashes of PAST’s -PRESENT’s’-FUTURE becomes a growing concurrent stressor and far more frequently, also. Just hear this little tidbit — Allow yourself the Stillness & Breathe …
Breathe …
BREATHE …
BREATHEEE …
Here Are A Few DE-STRESSING Techniques I’ve come to rely on this Time of Year ….
Time & Time Again.
Turn your TASKs N2 TALENTs!
That pedicure you tend to have to worry you may not get a time-slot for and even if you Do … you may miss it because there’s always still so much .. TO DO! That may be a task needed to be turned N2 an evening or afternoon with yourself
where you find all the holiday movies you could find and have a glass of wine . So have you Already shopped for a perfect nail color, Yet-while out?
That Book you’ve been waiting to read practically ALL of 2023 may be found at your local library so be sure to check it out at the library in November (in case it's on hold or there's a waitlist).
Surely would love to be immersed in a Great Book or some Game/Puzzle while those nails take a blissfully long time to dry!
Set your Sights, Sounds & Surroundings (Cont'd...)
The Holidays are filled with traditions and cultural symbolism—just all type of happenings!
So…try DOing something that helps you to connect a bit, culturally! For whatever reason you may feel a bit of estrangement or fields of disconnection and by reintroducing some cultural traditions with your current can assist in forging that connection.
This year, for me …. It is the PEANUT PUNCH!
Never made my own and this year I’d surely be adding this to my cultural happenings with alllll alc. additions (drink responsibly)! Let Me Tell YOU! It turned out soooo Tasty!
Can’t really BE the cheery Preppy Peppermint Hostess this year (for whatever the reason) this season …
That’s OK!
Not even planning on caring to put up a tree or anything ...
That’s OK!
No large charcuterie board this year ...
That’s OK!
But surely can make a mini tray of my favorite sweets and everyday seasonably-suitable & sociable indulgences for decorations a little bit of a perk!
[ Sweets are a Pleasant Seasonal Pick-Me-Up (in proportion) & Candy Canes!!! ]
Get those good ol’ linens up anyway and definitely have out your favorite holiday chocolates and adornments in as part of the set up in your seasonal surroundings …
For Me… them good ol’ Ghirardelli Peppermint Bark squares!
& Try a little something NEW … TOO … even only
JUST
FOR…
YOU!
For Me …
Limited Time Only KiTKAT Churros!!!!
(Keep an eye out for ‘em … wherever/whenever you can find ‘em ... They're soooo GOOD!!!)
Set your Sights, Sounds & Surroundings (Cont'd...)
If your feeling Overwhelmed or like your being bombarded with the all too familiar of your EVERYDAY Hustle & Bustle and needing to just Break Away as you Stay … Sonically, of course!
Then…
Update your HOLiDAY PLAYLiST of your FAV HOLiDAY Tunes CLASSiCs & NEW ONES TOO!
(Brandy Made A Holiday Album !)
Scents usually trigger the Senses in me but first, captured in the Stillness then Alleviation
Pick Out A Candle or Perfume or for me Hand-Sanitizer that is a Scent of the Season … Whatever that May BE … For You!
Just Truly Tune into your soul's seasonal sensory symbiology.
Purposely Pleasant Patron & Particulars
Do some virtual sales scouting AND shopping provide your email to your fav boutiques and supply your email to this retailers and merchandisers! Coupon codes and Sales Notifications would be swiftly & timely supplied to YOU!
Shop and Support Locally
It would Inadvertently Keeps you connected to the now surrounding community without making it A HAVE TO or GOT TO and more of a steady WANT TO.
Charitable Acts of Care (Doesn’t ALWAYS have to be Currency)
Doesn’t necessarily have to be grands but the Impact would be GRAND … just the same!
Dedicating Time to SHARE in Laughter & Fun, mainly—but social media too if that’s what your N2...OFFiCiALLY!
Contact someone you haven't spoken to in quite some time, I'm sure they'll appreciate your thoughtfulness.
Connect with an organization and share in their seasonal efforts with them.
Dedicating Time to SUPPORT your local charity, business, family, friends, passerby’s with a few kind words cheerful conversations and the cute kitten down the street with a can of Tuna or something is ALWAYS a great thing to do or
'Tis Also the season of the COLD & the FLU especially if you live in the States up here ON the EASTCOAST.
Could only hope that …
The FLU would have FLEW past YOU
… By the Time The Season ends!
Here Are A Few things that can help!
Yes Yes ...
Elderberry
(They even Have Elderberry Epsom Salt)
Ginger
(GiNGER Latte are a Weekly Morning Routine)
Lemon
(Yep Lemon!)
Warm Water*
Drink Warmer before meals
Gargle Warm water in the morning (Knocks the flem and thangs right on out!)
Pomegranate*
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