The Wonderful Week After Christmas
by Charlotte Siems
Christmas is wonderful, but so is the week AFTER Christmas. It’s a time of reflection, looking forward, decluttering and organizing. Here’s a short list of ideas for things to do the week after Christmas:
· Take down Christmas decorations and put them away before New Year’s Eve.
· Put up some new winter décor, like branches in a vase, new displays on the mantel and end tables, and scented candles.
· Take advantage of the motivation and season to declutter office space, file cabinets or kitchen cabinets.
· Sit down with your journal and make a list of things you accomplished in the past year—then celebrate!
· On a piece of paper, make a list of mistakes you made, or some things you wish you'd done differently. Over in your journal, write down what you learned. Then forgive yourself and burn the piece of paper as a symbol of forgiveness.
· Map out second semester for those of you with children in school, whether public or at home. Write dates on your calendar, set goals, make a written list of what’s coming up.
No need to get overwhelmed. This list may not serve your needs.
Perhaps you celebrate Epiphany or leave your Christmas decorations up longer. Maybe you’d rather spend the week kicking back to recover from the busy holidays.
No problem. Just let this list spark your thinking on some ways to wrap up the old year and start fresh in the new year. Have a wonderful Week After Christmas!
Any other ideas for this week? Leave a comment below!
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Charlotte Siems is a home-maker, home manager, T-Tapp Trainer, teacher, speaker and author. Her story of losing over 100 pounds with T-Tapp has encouraged thousands of people all over the world. She specializes in making home management and T-Tapp "doable" for real people and real life. She is happy to be a wife and mother of twelve children whom she has successfully taught at home for 25 years. ************************ |
