by Michaeline on December 26, 2009
As you begin your thank you notes take a few minutes to reflect on the holiday celebrations.
Did they meet your goals? What was the best part? What would you do differently?
By asking those questions and recording those notes in your holiday planner you now have your plan started for the next season.
In addition, answer the following questions and jot the answers down:
- Don’t forget for next year
- Best places to shop
- What worked this year
- What was the best thing that happened
Just think you have the first step done for next year’s holiday plan. Happy 2010!
by Michaeline on November 14, 2009
Have you started your holiday planning? Have you been thinking about the holidays and thought you need to get a plan going? Or do you say what plan, why would I need a plan?
Most of the holiday stress occurs in the last three weeks because most events happen during that timeframe. There are parties, cookie exchanges, religious events, concerts, open houses and work potlucks. If you wait until just before the holiday to get it all done…no wonder you are stressed.
The solution to stressing less for the holidays is to have a plan so you can enjoy the process along the way. In fact, I am a proponent of whenever you have to do something more than once; it saves time and stress if you organize it with a project plan. Let’s face it the holidays are a project.
Having an eight week timeframe for planning the holidays is ideal. But it is still doable in the six weeks remaining before the holiday. Here is an outline of tasks to accomplish week by week for the next six weeks to take the stress out of the holidays.
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