The festive season can feel like too much in the best of years but, as it’s 2020, a lot of us are feeling more stressed, lonely, and worried than ever before.
Maybe we’ll be able to gather with family and friends and maybe we won’t.
Job losses and financial concerns.
Cabin fever and wanting to do right by our kids.
Is it really beginning to look a lot like Christmas?
The team here at Intah has been chatting about what we are going to do to help ourselves through December and into the new year and we thought we would share our top 5 Tips to help you survive this festive season in the hope that they might help you too;
5 Tips to help you survive this festive season
1. The present conversation. Have a chat with family and friends as early as possible around present buying, establish who is buying for who, and set budgets; why inflict stress upon yourself (and everyone else) when a simple conversation could lighten everyone’s load?
2. Take time out. Try and get outside every day. A walk around the block or a more grand excursion will support you in getting your daily dose of daylight, clear your head, and refresh your soul.
Maybe you could combine this with a daily exercise challenge?
Walk/jog/run a certain distance and see if you can improve your time over a certain number of weeks or cycle somewhere you’ve never been before, the possibilities are endless and the benefits are bountiful.
3. Be sure to nourish yourself. It’s times like these that we really do need to do our best to take care of ourselves; body and mind. Eat the best food that you can, drink more water, and rest when you need to.
Use any newly found free time to read, listen to podcasts, or watch educational material; for fun as well as future work purposes.
4. Rely on routine. When nothing seems or feels ‘normal’ it is too easy just to drift through your day without a sense of time or accomplishment; take back some power by establishing a daily routine that works for you.
Wake up at the same time every day and maybe meditate or stretch before breakfast.
Set time aside for your daily outdoor adventure or exercise.
Notice when you work best; are you able to utilise this self-awareness to your advantage?
Have a daily to-do list and complete it. This can be work-related or job hunting, it could be household chores or calls with friends; it’s a visible opportunity to feel triumphant at the end of the day.
Establish a bedtime routine to encourage a deeper more restful night’s sleep.
5. Look forward. We are all guilty of looking back or dwelling on negative situations for too long now and again but we need to allow ourselves to move on. We need to step out of our own way, acknowledge where we are at, and continue to strive for more.
Our lives are a constant stream of good and not-so-good events that we have no choice but to embrace and evolve through, where you’re at right now isn’t your forever, better times will come, remember that.
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