The Christmas Season, Part 1: What’s really important?

I am committed to enjoying this Christmas Season thoroughly.  For me, this means I need to give some real thought to what is most important during this time.  I’ve learned that cramming in lots of great Christmas-y things (even if I am organized in doing so) results in a me feeling tasked and pooped out each day with very little ‘white space’ in my life to simply ‘soak it all in’.

So, I’m not doing that anymore.

I’m making cuts.  Not because I don’t enjoy (in theory) all the things I normally do this time of year but because I want to extract more joy out of each thing we choose to take part in.

In order to know what to cut (or what to add), I need to first evaluate what is really important.  What are my values?  What do I treasure?

I’m going on a three-part blog journey.  Please come along.  Let’s share our ideas in the comment section.  It will be like “putting our heads together!”  What you see here from me is literally my working draft.  Why use notebook paper when I have a blog? :o)  If you blog about this, link up!

Assignment 1:  During Christmastime, what are your values? What do you treasure?  Write a list.

Here goes (in random order):

• Quality Family Time
• Reflecting on God’s gift of Jesus to us
• Gift giving
• Serving others
• Quality time with with Family and friends
• Traditions and Memories
• Being Creative
• Sights and smells of Christmas
• Hospitality
• Teaching my kids

Up next:  Goal setting.

December will be here in one week! Let’s get a move on!

(I’m taking part in an online digital scrapbooking class that has inspired this process. Do you remember me telling you about it a couple of weeks ago? The instructor gifted this class to all and it has been such a wonderful introspection and creative outlet for me. I cannot wait to take a PAID class.  Such great marketing, don’t you think?! ;o)

–Jen