and a peaceful new year
If your holiday has been anything like mine, it’s involved traveling back and forth between family and friends, eating out at restaurants or seasonal shindigs, and unusual sleep patterns or daily routines – especially if we’re crashing elsewhere.
This can be an incredibly joyous part of the holidays because it gives us a chance to visit with people who we don’t get to spend a lot of time with otherwise, but can also cause stress on our bodies due to airplane travel [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][majorly dehydrating], lack of sleep [causes overall bodily imbalances], and eating foods we might not normally eat [who can say no to every offer of homemade cookies?].
Last year’s California Christmas came shortly after I had made a decision of what foods were officially best for my own body versus what I should or shouldn’t be consuming, and I felt more at ease because of it. I made a conscious choice to listen to my gut, stay active, put myself on the most routine sleeping schedule I could manage, and to thoroughly enjoy being around my family and friends.
When we set ourselves up with intentions like this, we naturally gravitate toward choices that get us to the ‘end goal,’ of which there never really is an end. Envision and experience, keep your eye on the prize, perceive and receive.
This time of year does NOT have to be about dieting, travel trauma or familial issues unless we focus on those problems and make it so [see the last newsletter on why worrying is useless]. If we shift our internal vision and make a clear decision of whatever it is we want our holiday experience to be, then it will naturally be whatever we make of it.
There’s never any use in forcing ourselves to do or be one way or another, same goes for the way we treat others. So whatever you want your holiday to be like, doesn’t mean your sibling or relative or significant other will feel the same. You are responsible for you and you alone – so if you’re happy and you know it, those vibes will automatically radiate on to whoever you’re with. If that person can’t hang with your happiness: A. not your problem and B. show them extra love.
So today and every day:
- Make a decision based on what you want for yourself.
- Envision how you want your holiday experience to be like.
- Stick with practices, foods and people that you know are best for you and your well-being.
- ENJOY IT.
What practices would you like to cultivate or shed to make your holiday season full of joy?[/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]
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