During the holiday season, as you battle crowded malls, the pressure of coming up with a happy holiday message for your Christmas cards, and being accosted for donations at every grocery store entrance, it’s important to work self-care into your routine to help combat your no doubt off-the-charts stress levels. I like to make self-care a priority every day of my life. How do I do this? Not with yoga (causes flatulence) or spa days (I have a mortgage to pay), but with little things that make me happier overall. Like coffee.
Coffee is a priority in my life. If I don’t have it, I’m not very nice to be around, and I don’t care, because I don’t want to be around anyone anyway if I’m not fully caffeinated. I make sure every weekend that I have enough iced coffee available to make it through my morning commute during the week. I sip my mug o' java as I pre-portion this out, adding my favorite non-dairy, fat-free, gluten-free creamer (self-care!). Then on Sunday morning, the dog starts whining and I can’t figure out why because “Do you need to go out?” and “Did you lose your toy?” and “Do you want an ice cube?” elicit no response and Idon’tknowwhatshewantssoIcan’thelpheraargghh . . . and I power-chug the entire week’s worth of pre-made iced coffee to soothe my frustration. See? Self-care.
If coffee isn’t your thing, there are other ways to take time for yourself over the holidays. Perhaps you find baking cookies a chore, or too time-consuming. I’m here to tell you it is perfectly acceptable to buy those pre-cut refrigerated cookie dough things and plan on throwing those in the oven before the next holiday pot luck at work. And when you shove your way through the crowds at Kohl’s to the shoe department because they have the perfect black boots for your sister on sale, taking an elbow to the eye socket and a kick to the knee that takes you down, but you manage to crawl to the chunky black boots section only to find the only size left is twelve, and mysisterisnotBigfootthankyouwhatthehellamIgoingtogethernow . . . it is perfectly acceptable to eat those refrigerated pre-cut cookies raw when you get home, and bring in cups and napkins for the pot luck.
Self-care. It should be our top priority this holiday season. Bring on the cookie dough and coffee!
Coffee is a priority in my life. If I don’t have it, I’m not very nice to be around, and I don’t care, because I don’t want to be around anyone anyway if I’m not fully caffeinated. I make sure every weekend that I have enough iced coffee available to make it through my morning commute during the week. I sip my mug o' java as I pre-portion this out, adding my favorite non-dairy, fat-free, gluten-free creamer (self-care!). Then on Sunday morning, the dog starts whining and I can’t figure out why because “Do you need to go out?” and “Did you lose your toy?” and “Do you want an ice cube?” elicit no response and Idon’tknowwhatshewantssoIcan’thelpheraargghh . . . and I power-chug the entire week’s worth of pre-made iced coffee to soothe my frustration. See? Self-care.
If coffee isn’t your thing, there are other ways to take time for yourself over the holidays. Perhaps you find baking cookies a chore, or too time-consuming. I’m here to tell you it is perfectly acceptable to buy those pre-cut refrigerated cookie dough things and plan on throwing those in the oven before the next holiday pot luck at work. And when you shove your way through the crowds at Kohl’s to the shoe department because they have the perfect black boots for your sister on sale, taking an elbow to the eye socket and a kick to the knee that takes you down, but you manage to crawl to the chunky black boots section only to find the only size left is twelve, and mysisterisnotBigfootthankyouwhatthehellamIgoingtogethernow . . . it is perfectly acceptable to eat those refrigerated pre-cut cookies raw when you get home, and bring in cups and napkins for the pot luck.
Self-care. It should be our top priority this holiday season. Bring on the cookie dough and coffee!
Two short barks means "Bring me a chew stick," you stupid human.
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