How To Stay Happy During The Holidays

Posted on Dec 25, 2015 | 0 comments

The holidays can be bittersweet for even the happiest of people.

Some are really looking forward to it.

Some are dreading it.

We all just want to get through it smoothly!

No matter what corner you are sitting in, the holidays will bring some trying moments. So here are 5 easy ways to stay happy during the holidays.

5 Ways to Stay Happy During the Holidays

Take a 10 minute walk outside each day. Combine the vitamin D from the sunshine, getting your blood pumping mixed with fresh air from the exercise and the calm that a repetitive activity like walking can bring us for an instant mood up-lifter.
Utilize aromatherapy! It is no secret that smells can greatly improve our mood. Find your happy smell and keep it close! Try a citrus scent as that is well known to energize and uplift your mood! Using scented candles, oils, and light perfumes are a great way to help stay happy during the holidays.
Stop trying to be the perfect superhuman and make a realistic list. Whatever your idea of perfection is, it is just that – an idea! Be realistic in what you actually can do and focus on what will make you the happiest, the things you would really regret missing. Make a realistic, prioritized list and stick to it! Pss… You are amazing just how you are, your family knows this and will be so happy to just spend time with you!
Practice gratitude and help someone else. Appreciate the things (and family) that you do have. Lend a hand to someone that does not have as much. Whether you can fill an old purse with toiletries and hand it off to the homeless woman on the corner, be an angel and pay a stranger’s layaway, serve others at a local food bank or donate old blankets and clothes, find some way to give back this holiday season.
Plan a trip! Give yourself something to look forward to – like a January/February adventure! Then, no matter what disaster happens, you know you have a great escape coming soon!