I have this thing, I suppose you could call it an obsession. I whip myself up into a frenzy each year about this time, because I believe that everyone on my list deserves the absolute most perfect gift. And if I'm not able to create, buy, make happen that perfect gift, then surely the holiday will end in death and destruction. So I spin around in circles crafting and cutting and buying and wrapping until each gift is perfect. It may sound mad, but I swear there's a method in it. I absolutely LOVE Christmas and I LOVE presents. I receive amazing ones each year. (I'm fairly easy: I get excited about everything!) So I feel that everyone deserves that happiness I feel when I open the most perfect present I've ever seen.
But you can see where this may lead to panic attacks and an all around frenzied appearance through much of the last half of December. However, building on my new-found positivity and clarity, I've decided to de-freak myself out. Each year I worry that nothing will be finished in time and no one will like what I've picked out and I will somehow offend someone with my carefully chosen gift. But I've chosen to focus on the fact that no matter how much I worry, it always gets done. I've not insulted anyone, and the holiday has always gone on without any hitches.
The funny thing is, it may actually be working. There are ideas flowing where there weren't any yesterday. Gifts have been purchased about which I'm super excited to see the faces of the recipients. And the planning of what needs to be done doesn't seem as daunting as it did last week. All in all, I'm beginning to feel less "OMG Christmas is coming, Crap!" and more "OMG Christmas is coming, Yay!"
Thank Goodness for small favors : )
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