Ways to Avoid the Holiday Rush - Blogmas Day 22

 Hello Friends,

I hope you are doing well. Today I am sharing a post on ways to avoid the holiday rush. This year I did a few things that would maybe help and some things I didn't do well to beat the rush that would help in upcoming years. I think Christmas is such a wonderful time of the year and I like the rushing around a bit, but too much stress right before Christmas is not good and can take away from enjoying it to the fullest.

Things I did well

Ordered gifts starting in November- I started ordering gifts online that would take awhile to deliver or sell out quickly. This helped especially during Covid when I didn't want to be in stores too long shopping.

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Created a Christmas wish list in November - my sister started a tradition a couple of years ago of sharing our wish lists with our family at the beginning of November. Being able to pick out what I want and knowing what other's want early on helps me to buy gifts early.

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Goal to have wrapping and tasks done before Christmas Eve- most years I leave some wrapping and knitting until Christmas Eve. This year I am working on wrapping gifts and getting things organized before Christmas Eve so when I am done work I can relax and watch It's a Wonderful Life.

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Write out a to-do list - sometimes all the things to do for Christmas can feel overwhelming, so this year I wrote a list on my phone and checking things off my list helped keep me on track with the tasks. Then I assigned dates of when I wanted to complete the tasks and added them to my planner and kept to the plan to get things done.

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Things to improve:

Left some items like cards, stocking stuffers to week of Christmas - I usually do leave these last minute items until the week of  or the week before, but they are items I could definitely buy ahead of time to just be prepared. Especially with  the new Covid Omicron cases on the rise it's best not to have to go in stores right now.

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Had knitting projects right until the last week of Christmas - working on knitting projects until the week of Christmas made it very busy and it is time consuming. I enjoy knitting but it would be good to knit more ahead of time.

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Didn't write out blog posts ahead of time - some years I would work on blog posts more ahead of time and this is my best tip for blogmas if you are thinking of going blogmas is to write some posts ahead or to start on projects early to share best content. Sometimes some posts I like most come from coming up with ideas on the day of, like this one!

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I hope these dos and don'ts from my experience this year help and I will be sure to revisit this list next Christmas maybe in November to think back on what worked and what didn't work so well and plan out the holiday season. What are some of your tips to share? See you again tomorrow for blogmas day 23 when I share what is in my kitten's stocking.

Have a great day!