December is the best month of Winter by far, I love the build up and I spend weeks throughout the organising so I can normally slow down and enjoy the whole build up to the big day.
This year however I am failing. I don’t know if its because I have done too much or if generally I am a mardy so and so.
It’s now 12 sleeps till Christmas and I am feeling like I am floundering.
This weekend however I am taking some time out for me and going to enjoy some time with friends and the boys to visit a circus that has moved into the area for the festive period. Last time we visited a circus it was in Butlins Skegness a while ago now when Jacob was a tiny tot and he loved it so I am hoping this one keeps him equally as engrossed. I need some good old family entertainment to stop the burn out.
This year I have been learning all about my own needs mentally and emotionally and I am becoming more attuned to when I need to take this step away from the everyday and replenish my own mental cup.
Although I am not perfect at doing it just yet. I am certainly recognising it more and more and making wiser choices based on that knowledge.
Over the last decade or so I have really neglected my own physical and mental wellbeing trying to do everything and manage everything all of the time. It is naturally something I do but I know it’s something I need to step away from doing.
So after acknowledging that for me there has certainly been a pre Christmas slump I am now going to take the next week or so one day at a time.
Are you Christmas ready?