Divide each difficulty into as many parts as necessary to resolve it.
Rene Descartes
For November, we're focusing on decreasing overwhelm and increasing joy during the holidays. Here's this week's strategy:
1. SIMPLIFY: Decline, declutter, delegate.
Decline activities/objects that drain your time, energy and money. Prevent clutter from entering your home by not buying or accepting unnecessary items. This may take some practice and grace.
Declutter by removing unneeded objects or tasks from your life. Review your schedule to see if there are activities which can be dropped or tweaked.
Delegate by using technology to shop online, stay in touch, schedule activities, plan gatherings, etc. Ask a friend or family member for help. Delegate non-urgent activities to a future date in your calendar.
When in doubt, take a deep breath and see how you can make your life easier.
Tomorrow I'll post questions related to implementing this strategy.
