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Learning to Relax during Busy Times

The winter months brings many holidays, Thanksgiving, Hanukah, Christmas, New Years, Valentines Day and so many more that it is hard to mention them all in one place. Along with the many holidays that are celebrated through out the world, it is also important to remember how to enjoy the holidays best, by slowing down and relaxing during the holidays. The tips you are going to find in this articles are more than just for the holiday seasons, they are going to be tips and ideas on how to relax and enjoy your life more!

Be sure that you take the time to plan out parties. Putting together parties and get together parties at the last minute is only going to make you feel really rushed. Taking the time to enjoy planning and keeping extra ‘things’ and ‘goodies’ on hand is going to help all of your parties go along easier and to flow without a hitch. Stocking up on muchies and drinks that you can serve to those who visit you during those busiest times of life will keep everyone happy and you will know that you have plenty to go around!

To take a break from the most stressful times in life, taking a walk around the block or in the woods is going to give you the relaxing time that you need. Getting a break from the stress, no matter what that stress is, will help you get over and sort out life so you can focus on more important things and leave the stress behind you. 

If you are finding that your life seems overwhelming during those holiday seasons and during the busiest visiting times of the year, try stepping up and saying that you will visit so and so at their home instead of at your home this year. Put the pressure on someone else to entertain and give yourself a break for a change. You deserve to allow someone else to handle the details, you don’t have to do all the work all the time. 

For example, it is a major anniversary or birthday, celebrate at at a daughters home or at a uncles home, let your home be still and visit somewhere else so you can have a good time without all the worry about the details of the foods, the decorations and the guests getting along. 

Use music and the sounds of life to let your body and mind relax. Soft soothing music will release stress in life and leave your stress behind you for a little while at least. Put your feet up and just do nothing for a while. 

To help you relax during those most stressful times in life, put your home cleaning needs first. It always is a good feeling to actually see what you have done, and cleaning your home and cleaning out your home is one of those instant rewards – as you can see what you have done! Put your pictures in frames, put a vase of flowers on the counter or get the dry cleaning to the store, having the little tasks done make you feel as if you have done something well with your time and you will relax more. If you start with relaxing by cleaning you will find you are starting out with a fresh start, without feeling as if you have so much to do. 

If you feel as if you have too much stuff in your home and in your life, clean out your closets. Giving a few things away, making more space in your life, you will feel better about where you are in life, because you have less clutter in your life after you have cleaned out your closets and cleaned out those things that are in your way all the time. 

Buy something for someone else. If you find that you are overwhelmed by stress at the moment, take a step back and give something to someone else. The feeling when you see their face light up when you give a gift for no real reason at all (and not just at the holidays) you will find that you feel better about yourself as you see how much your thoughts and ideas meant to someone else. 

When all else fails, and some just prefer it, relax as you give a gift to your senses. Take a long hot bath or shower, listen to some music and put the world behind you for a while. Soak, and pamper yourself for a great relaxing time. You don’t have to spend money to feel great! Give yourself a pedicure, a foot massage or a manicure, and you will feel great about what you do and the problems of your busy life will seem to melt away. 

To make your life more relaxing find a hobby, take up swimming, or just start listening to music more often. Put the newspaper away, put the lights on low and just sit back for a while with a good book that takes you away to another place where life slows down. You can collect coins, stamps, books or you can write, but when you do something that you can sit back and concentrate on without having to worry about a problem or a phone call you are going to enjoy life more fully. 

Cuddle up with a soft blanket, a loved one or with a child, and lie back for a while with a good show on the television or dvd for a time that will take you away from the hustle and bustle of life, the holidays and the stress of your career for a while longer.