What are you gifting yourself?

Ahhhh.

If you live in the USA you may still be feeling the, uh, repercussions of the great Thanksgiving Stress-out.

Family, food, schedules thrown for a loop, routine being replaced by mayhem— all that.

No matter where you reside we’re pretty much all thisclose to being knee-deep in holiday frenzy.

A few weeks ago I shared my tips for Fighting Holiday Frazzle.  They were fantastic tips (according to my mom, anyway), but they were generalities.

What *I* do to stave off holiday stress with the hope they would spark some thoughts/insights for you.

Today we are all about the concrete.

About building a long & creative list of specific actions we can take to make these next thirty-twoish days as smooth as we can.

A list I can steal, print, hang on my fridge & use as a “go to” when Im at a loss for ways to lighten my holiday load.

This post is all about YOU & making your Holiday Season 2010 as fun, frazzle-free and PRESENT as possible so you can cruise into 2011 as your best & most health self.

I’ll start us off.

The Jewish MizFits among us know tomorrow at sundown Hanukkah begins.

None among us know, as a result of my being as busy as a Christmas elf Hanukkah Harry helper, I realized only a week ago how early Hanukkah came this year.

Upon that realization, right in that moment, I bestowed upon myself the gift certificate pictured above.

I immediately recognized how *crazy* it would make me to create (I love to do the personalized photocards), edit, print & personalize (I cant just plop a card in an envelope. This crazy writerwoman feels compelled to pen a heart-felt note on each card) our cards before 12.8.10.

And I immediately recognized while some things necessitate holiday craziness (preparing for company, purchasing gifts on time) this was not one of them.

And I immediately gave myself the give of time.

Now you.

With some help from me.

What can you (the royal) gift to yourself TODAY which will make your holiday season a lot more enjoyable?

Perhaps:

Never say YES when your heart & head is screaming NO.If you have a vacation from work DON’T use that time for others dedicate it to self-care.(should you be a weigh’er) Bestow upon yourself a break from the scale.No! More! MUSTurbation. Do what you CAN & shed the shoulds & oughts.Please to hit us all up with your number five below…

This post is brought to you by the fit-minded  Peeps at Sears Fit Club.

And no. They aren’t getting out of adding in *their* number five below either.

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