Avoiding Christmas Overwhelm #2 – 5 MORE tips from Team Boo

We don’t want to put a downer on what for many of us is the most wonderful time of the year, but it’s important to acknowledge that sometimes it’s a struggle to stay ‘merry and bright’ at Christmas.

Whether you’re feeling festive or frazzled, Team Boo have 5 more tips for you to manage this overwhelming season:

Shop in advance! Whilst we do encourage shopping locally as much as possible, if it’s too late and you’re struggling to get out, don’t forget you can get almost anything delivered from the internet to your door within 48 hours.
If you find yourself stressing about what to give somebody, consider gifting experiences instead of objects; it helps limit the ‘accumulation of tat’ which can be overwhelming in itself.
Take advantage of a flu jab if you’re offered one, and if you’re unlucky enough to catch a winter bug then rest, hydrate, and stay away from others who might be vulnerable.
Try to live mindfully in the moment. Wrapping up for winter walks, coming home to a bowl of warm soup, sitting under blankets to watch a film. Live these things as they are happening. If it snows this Christmas (instead of waiting until March), take a moment to watch a snowflake fall, let it land on your cheek, try to remember how you felt about snow when you were a child… before you start the panic about how you’re going to get to work.
Christmas becomes some sort of a deadline for everything we hope to achieve. It’s an artificial finish line that we impose on ourselves, when really it’s just a festival to cheer us up in the middle of winter.

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and New Year, Signing off now until 2020!

#TeamBoo