I haven’t been looking forward to 2020. More particularly, the New Year. The beginning of the year has always been the hardest part of the year – clouded with being sick or cold or the frustration of early sunsets or allergies. And this year, my mind was too aware of all those things so I decided I’m a second-half performer.
Let the holiday shopping commence! For the real go-getters you’re already done with all your holiday shopping because you knocked it out during the black Friday sales. Well done. For the rest of us, we’ll be squeezing in time after work up until Christmas Eve.
WOOT WOOT! Holiday times are right around the corner & this year I’m ready for it! I already have my tickets to the Nutcracker Ballet scheduled. If that doesn’t mean festive, I don’t know what does. If you’ve been following me, you know there have been plenty of years that I let the holiday season pass by me, not this time! Lez go.
You know the one part that sucks about holiday time that doesn’t exist around Thanksgiving… The torture of trying to find gifts, for everyone. And make cookies, and hang decorations, and go to holiday parties, and try to eat healthy. Adding gifts on top of all that jazz is what can easily make you freak the F out. I have a few ideas….
5 Ways To Finish Out The Holiday Season Stress Free
The Gift Of Being Stress-Free: Ok, think about the people you’re buying gifts for. Thinking of them? If most of those people knew you were stressed out, driving around like a maniac, spending more money than you had, buying their gift from the checkout line in Target because you can’t think of anything else – they wouldn’t want that from you! So don’t feel like you have to do it. Wait until the next day, by them a good book, or gift card, and let the pressure of other gifts go.
Essential Oils: This may or may not be a placebo, the essential oil trend, but I don’t give a fuck. If it works because my mind is telling me to believe it’s working, or the oils are truly relaxing me – I’ll fucking take it. Am I right? I met an essential oil doctor (jk she was selling her oil potions at the grocery store & I stopped to talk to her), and she gave me a combo she said would help me relax. (5 drops Lavender, 5 drops Jasmine, 5 drops Frankincense, 3 drops Ylang Ylang.) She put it in a tiny spray bottle (here) and said to spray it on my pillow at night, on my clothes, mid anxiety attack – whatever. I’ve become obsessed. It’s so easy to do too! Go to Whole Foods, get these essential oils, get a tiny spray bottle, and make your own secret Xanax potion.
This list is quick & to the point! But I highly recommend anything you can get checked off, whether you’re visiting now or in the future this list will work.
I’ve previously written about women in the Middle East, and what it was like to live there as a woman… But this post is more for your vacation plans. No need to get down in the nitty gritty of women’s clothing in the Middle East when you’re there on vacation.
I realized I never made a useful list of what to do when you decide to vacation in Dubai, which is really stupid considering I lived there for a year and a half. The very LEAST I can do is help recommend what to do!
I wasn’t going to write this post until after Ramadan. I thought there was no point in talking much about the holiday until the month was over and I was able to fully observe the practice. Only then would I be able to write about Ramadan in a more educated and interesting way.
And as if they could read my mind as I walked through the malls here, all I wanted was a little nice small purse that could go with everything and BAM that’s what I got.
