The holidays can bring a lot of blessings and joy, but they can also be very stress-inducing for many people. Buying gifts. Planning for travel. Figuring out who you have to see. Hosting dinners. There is simply so much that people need to take care of during that period, that the pressure can often make people buckle.
The financial pressure that also comes from all of these different activities can be a lot for a lot of people to handle. This helps intensify the anxiety that people might feel and could even lead to loss of sleep.
In order to deal with this anxiety the first thing you can do is actually take a breath. Simply taking a moment and looking around you in a calm manner can actually help give you perspective. It can also be the key to you just calming down and not worrying so much about everything that you feel you need to.
Speaking of everything you feel you need to do, the second thing that you can do to feel better is to actually stop putting all the pressure on yourself. There is no one who expects quite as much as what you are expecting from yourself. Having this awareness can actually be incredibly liberating as it will allow you to better enjoy yourself instead of stressing about everything you should be doing.
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