Holiday planning tips put excellent tools into your hands for navigating this busy time of year.
Indeed, creating time for planning is one of the best time management investments that you can make.
It may feel especially challenging to do that when you’re busy. However, the truth is, there’s no better time to start planning in earnest for the December holidays than right now.
Planning offers all sorts of benefits, especially during busy times.
So here are 7 tips that I have found to be very helpful.
Holiday Planning Tips
- Lay out the tasks that need to be done, so nothing gets “lost in the shuffle.”
- Break large or complex tasks into steps, so that they become less overwhelming and you can feel your progress as you finish each piece.
- Plot out timeframes and priorities so that you can pace yourself. This helps ensure that the most important things get tended to (even if you can’t get to everything).
- Give yourself some “wiggle room.” Then, if you run into glitches and need to be flexible, you have the space to do that. (This can be a huge stress reliever.)
- Talk to others in your life whose help and support you may need along the way. That gives them time to prepare, too.
- Practice setting time boundaries. If others balk or rebel at your boundary-setting, try communicating your boundaries in a way that adds to the anticipation. This might ven make your boundary fun.
- Leave room for pauses, rewards, validations, thankfulness, and brief breaks. This helps you stay in the spirit of the season and not burn yourself out.
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