Stay Cool This Yule: Stress Less At Christmas

*This is a collaborative post 

Deck the halls and all that, but sometimes the festive season can feel like the stressful season if you ask me! In fact, what with all the social occasions, gifts to buy and wrap, decorations, and food to sort, it’s a wonder any of us have any hair left by the end of December! Fortunately, there are some tactics that you can use to make your festive season a little more serene. A subject you can read more about in the post below.

Get savvy about gifts 

Gift-giving is one of the most stressful things about Christmas! With that in mind, anything you can do to lighten the burden is a good idea. One thing in particular that can help is to create a list of possible options for everyone you need to buy for before you even begin shopping! This being a tactic that can make the entire experience much faster and simpler to perform. 

Of course, there are additional things that you can do as well, such as shop online. A strategy that will allow you to skip all the stress of the shopping centre crowds in December. Although, do remember to get them delivered when you will be at home. Otherwise, you can end up spending a lot of time in the post depot queue. Which is likely to be so long that it reaches the outside. This being something that makes it a less than ideal way to spend your evenings this winter. 

Practice a little festive self-care 

Just because it’s Christmas doesn’t mean that your self-care routines should go out the window. In fact, if you want to stay as stress-free as possible, you must maintain them. With that in mind, be sure that you don’t stay up past midnight every evening, trying to get things done. Oh, and saying no to at least some social occasions, if you are ill, tired, or too busy is totally OK as well! 

Lastly, when it comes to self-care over the Christmas period, do not be afraid to add a little something extra to your anti-stress arsenal. Whether that is some mindfulness meditation time, or even taking CBD oil over the holidays. In fact, you can find out more about cbd effects by clicking on the link. Something that can help you to decide whether its a suitable option to help you minimise your Christmas stress. 

Ditch the DIY Decorations 

Finally, while many posts online will be singing the praises of DIY decorations, you may want to ditch them instead. In fact, unless you actually destress through crafting and getting covered in glue, trying to make your own decorations is a bad idea. What with everything else at Christmas time there is to fit in. 

Instead, for the sake of your stress levels pick decorations, that you need to do very little to such as pre-lit and decorated trees. Although, if worries about your budget and the environment are stressing you out, why not just go with what you used last year? This being the cheapest, most eco-friendly, and least stressful way of decorating your home this Christmas.