Holiday Self-Care Tips
This holiday season is an opportunity to create lasting peace for yourself. You may have done things differently last year and that is ok. You might be testing out some self-care tips now. If you are reading this article, chances are you are looking for a different way to apply yourself further.
“What do you do on a self-care day to get lasting peace? What makes it peaceful? “Should what I do on a regular day and during the holiday season look different?” These are common questions. This article will answer those questions and provide specific tools for recreating the lasting peace you want during the holidays.
For an article on how to recreate lasting peace during the year, see here. It provides a guide on what self-care looks like. The tools need to be applied day in and day out for lasting benefits.
The first step to figuring out what tool will work best during the holidays is to ask yourself, “What is the problem around this time of year? what behavior or situation prompts me during the holidays?” The second step is to brainstorm a solution to the problem identified.
For most Americans, a common problem is overscheduling and overcommitting to events or plans within a specified time frame. For example; you may be looking forward to a break next week with certain commitments you planned weeks in advance. Then, comes last-minute invitations you feel obligated to attend.
In addition to a regular self-care routine, practice setting your boundaries during the holidays. It can help you to prevent a last-minute jam like a last-minute invitation. It will be fair to yourself and the other person. So they don’t get disappointed and you don’t hold a grudge against them.
According to Kell’s Counseling, here’s what self-care/setting boundaries can look like during the holidays. Below is a scripted guideline to help prepare you for these moments when you need to say no.
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This blog is not a source of medical advice. Please seek out qualified providers as therapists to help you through a new stage or any challenging times.