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Thanksgiving Survival Guide
Top 5 Survival Tips for Thanksgiving
As the holidays get closer, stress levels elevate. We ALL experience it. The key to survival is to recognize that the stress is going to be there and try to combat it before it works itself into a full blown holiday meltdown! Here are some tips that will help keep you sane for the holidays.
1. Plan your time wisely. There is only so much of your time to go around. Take a look at your schedule from now until the end of the year. Focus on the things that are really important, the “have to do” things. Next focus on the “would like to do” items and then on the obligations that you committed to that you really don’t have time for and you really don’t want to do. Eliminate those things from your calendar...immediately if not sooner. Not only will it give you more time for the things you want to do but it will eliminate the stress of going to events where you really don’t want to be and trying to impress, or at least tolerate, people you aren’t interested in spending time with.
2. Stick with your workouts. I cannot emphasis this enough. Your workouts are important all year long but especially at this time of the year. And for good reason. First of all, most of us will be indulging more than we do throughout the rest of the year. And secondly, stress levels are higher than normal. Sticking with your workouts will balance out those extra calories and keep stress at bay.
3. Eat healthy. When you are in control of what you are eating and you aren’t being subjected to a party buffet, make the best choices you can. Getting lots of nutrients in your body will help keep you healthy and will also work to balance out the times that you have that special occasion and want to indulge.
4. Get enough sleep. This is another one that can’t be over stated. Sleep is so important, it is free and yet it is the one thing that most of us don’t get enough of. Unlike costly anti-aging treatments, multi vitamins or trips to the spa, sleep costs nothing and is a miracle “drug” when it comes to looking better, feeling great and being more productive. We often think that if we stay up just another hour or two we’ll get more accomplished when the truth is, depriving ourselves of sleep takes away from our productivity during waking hours.
5. Don’t take on more than you can handle. This time of year it is so easy to get caught up in saying yes. Your Mom just needs you to make one extra dish for Thanksgiving, your husband wants to attend three co-workers parties and your sister just needs you to “be a dear and pick up one thing for her”. Saying yes to all of these things helps everyone else out but puts you in a bind, makes you cranky a stressed and you’ll probably end up giving up sleep to get it all done. Politely say “I would love to help you out but I have about all I can handle on my own plate”. You’ll be glad you did!
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