6 Holiday Gifts that You’ll Want to Give Yourself Becuase They Say -- I Love You
It’s Still Not Too Late for You to Have a Happy Holiday
Right now, you’re probably not thinking of yourself. But you’re curious so you opened my post.
Instead, you’re focused on gifts you’ve already purchased for everyone else, wondering if they are enough. will be enjoyed? Maybe you’re fretting over the menus you’ve created wondering if you have enough sides.
And you may have just remembered someone else you really should thank with something special.
So, don’t forget the person you spend most of your life with – YOU!
This Holiday Season Consider Giving Yourself A GIFT
During this time when so much of your energy is focused away on others, on attending events, on showing your love and caring for those in your world—consider what you would like.
This doesn’t have to be something physical, although if the truth is told, one Christmas past, I did buy myself a silly glitzy umbrella. Years later, every time I found it, often in the back of my closet, it made me smile, with warm, fuzzy feelings, about me taking care of me.
Consider gifting yourself by:
· Lightening your inbox by subscribing to free good news like NICE News or light news like the Skim, or a thoughtful weekly like Marginalian.
· Doing something that would make you happy like volunteering in your local animal shelter to walk a dog.
· Moving into your body by stretching before you get out of bed or maybe even going for it and exercising.
· Committing to being social—and this just doesn’t mean having your family in for the holidays. We are in a loneliness epidemic. Contact a friend and plan to meet, zoom, talk after the holidays, and commit to doing this regularly.
· Making something you like to eat, particularly if you’re considering what your family would like for their holiday meals. Include one of your favorites, like maybe fruit cake, even if no one else likes it!
· And give yourself the gift of watching what you eat and drink, a gift that will continue to make you happier and healthier even after the holiday season.
Which says from you to you --I love you!
Doing something that says Merry Christmas from you to you, sends a powerful message that can help change your New Year– the gift of self-care.
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Patricia O’Gorman, Ph.D, psychologist and life coach, is a best-selling author of nine books on trauma, resilience, women, and self-parenting who is also known for her warm and funny presentations.
Taking care of ourselves is SO important! Thank you for putting this in the context of giving yourself a holiday gift; after spending time, money, and energy on everyone else, we deserve a little something for ourselves. Merry Christmas, Patricia!