The holiday season comes with its in-built stress and demands on everyone. The culture of gift-giving, spending time together with family members and general fantasies all add up to the demands of the season for all of us. However, if you have experienced a year when everything seemed to have gone wrong, you may find that the stress of the holiday added upon your existing situation makes life too complex. Maybe you had a number of changes in your life that happened all about the same time. It could be that you had some difficult transitions one after the other all through the year. You might have lost something significant such as a job or a career. It could even be that you had a major relocation during the year.
As the holiday season approaches, you may be finding it difficult to look ahead to the celebrations. Your life seems challenging enough as it is. You may even find no reason to celebrate at all.
We would like to reassure you that you are not alone in your struggles. We would like to offer you some tips and suggestions to help you walk through the first holiday season after your life-changing event.
Tips:
1. Take a break from your normal routine. Find a means to be alone in a place where you can just relax.
2. Take time to celebrate the past. Recast the memories of the good times you had during previous holiday seasons.
3. Do not stress yourself out over things you may not be able to do in your present circumstances. Instead be thankful for the gift of life.
4. Know that the present stage of your life will pass. The transitional feeling of a different kind of season will not last forever.
5. Make changes in your holiday plans as necessary to accommodate your limitations without giving up the truly essentials of the celebration.
6. Have an open mind and be creative in using alternative options to achieve your holiday goals.
7. Ask for help if you need it. This is especially relevant if you are feeling isolated or sad.
8. Take time to focus on the REAL REASON for the season- the birth of Jesus the Saviour. It is meant to be a period of hope. He is also the Redeemer. He is able to give you a unique type of joy and new reasons to celebrate.
For additional tips and tools to help you stay on top of your situation during the holiday season, please click here.
For more resources on managing changes in your life ALL YEAR ROUND, please visit
www.staysanethroughchange.com
Dave Webster and Tolu Adeleye, authors and life-change experts, through their consultancy provide you and your clients with tools for dealing with life transitions. Their areas of expertise include family- and career-related transitions.
To get instant access to such tools, visit www.staysanethroughchange.com
You may reach the authors through info@staysanethroughchange.com
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