Each of these seventeen holiday organizing tips will will help get you through the season with a bit more sanity & JOY!
- After receiving new holiday gifts, donate used items you no longer need to charity (One in One out Rule).
- Ditch the photo holiday cards…hate to say it but they end up in the trash (recycled hopeful) and people can see you more frequently via social media. How about a digital holiday card?
- As you pull holiday items out, donate old ornaments and out of date holiday decorations.
- Begin memento boxes for your kids holiday traditions, keep these separate so they can be given to your older kids when they leave home.
- Clean out your attic, garage or basement space before you return your holiday decoration bins (vacuum, wipe down shelves if needed etc).
- Have a Grab-A-Gift bag or bin with an assortment of “anyone” appropriate gifts (for last min hostess or holiday gift exchange items).
- Clean out your spices, as your cooking and baking toss the old and make note of anything needed (put date of purchase on bottom in ink).
- Spruce up your kitchen: spend 10-30 min’s a day tackling an appliance or area (fridge, stove, toaster, sink etc). You’ll feel healthier & I bet you’ll eat healthier! See my kitchen organizing post here.
- Get your gift & wrap organized:use a gift tracking list & invest or DIY a great wrapping station—see Pinterest for ideas.
- Don’t over book your holiday calendar. If you’ve been invited to a million parties and events, say no to a few and leave yourself some evening’s at home, either alone or with your family and just relax!
- Schedule a date with your honey or yourself for a little holiday pampering. Dinner and a movie, a bubble bath and champagne, your pick but keep it easy and fun.
- Plan for the next year! Get a planner or calendar to start mapping out large events such as vacation and business travel, important family occasions and setting personal and professional goals for at least the first 1-2 quarters of the year.
- Create a vision board to really see what it is you want to create…it’s a beautiful thing!
- Pick a Word of the Year-AKA-#WOTY
- Take a thorough home inventory this year-don’t wait for a disaster! Join me for a virtual workshop in early February: “Home Inventory without Heartache”, more information coming soon. Subscribe to my mailing list or “like” my Facebook or Instagram for more frequent tips and inspiration!
- Keep your body moving, do a little dance, hit the gym, take a walk…whatever your thing is, this is a great way to get out of your head and feel your way through the season.
- Finally and most importantly, take time to Celebrate what is truly Sacred to you this season. Is that a tradition, time with family, a treat that you honor yourself with? Whatever it is this is the best season to celebrate the sacred!