Plan how to be less stressed this holiday season:
1. Take 15-20 minutes and sit down with a pen and paper and
list out all the ways you tend to get stressed during the
holidays. Ask for God’s wisdom before you start to be
honest and not get stressed out by writing out all the ways
you get stressed out.
2. Next, identify where the major stressors are that are leading
to all that stress. Invite God into this part of the process and
ask how important the stressor is. Write a 1 by the most
stressful experiences, a 2 by moderate stressful
experiences, and a 3 by the least stressful experiences. If
they are all a 1, that’s okay.
3. Last, for each stressor, pray for wisdom and then ask
yourself this question: “How could I creatively and
assertively manage this stressor in such a way that it
doesn’t turn into stress in the first place?”
