FULFILLMENT...
- Schedule some down time for yourself every day
- Recharge your batteries!
- Get enough sleep, eat balanced meals and limit snacking
- Be sure to get enough sleep or at least rest if sleeping is difficult
- Spend time with caring, supportive, nurturing people. Limit the amount of time spent with people who are aggravating, insulting, negative, or otherwise difficult to be around.
- Do something in memory of departed loved ones. Create a remembrance or start a new ritual . . . light a special candle, play a favorite song, hang a certain ornament or stocking, listen to music enjoyed by the loved one, donate to a homeless or animal shelter, adopt a needy family, donate the money that would have been spent on a gift to their favorite cause.
- Recognize your limits and reserve your right to say "no". Decide as early as possible what your holiday priorities will be. Recognize that there are limits to how much support you can be for others who are struggling
- Remember the importance of quiet, reflective time, and realize that trying to "do it all" will only create more stress, and diminish the joy of the season
- Make room for God in all your special holiday activities, and allow Him to refresh you and bring you His peace
