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2. Learn to say "no" to extra obligations
that might stress you out.
The holidays are ripe with obligations. As the calendar fills to the brim, you may start
feeling overbooked and overwhelmed. One way to prevent this is to practice the technique
of mindfulness. By learning to mindfully reflect on how you plan to spend your time, you
can better prioritize your obligations and make conscious choices about your time
commitments.
The following excerpt from Joel and Michelle Levey’s book Living
In Balance will help you make better decisions about where you put your time
and energy during the holidays:
Here’s a useful technique you can use to
help you stay mindfully in balance every day. First, pick one day a week to set aside some
time for mindful reflection on the larger picture of your life. Even a few minutes with
the following questions can make a big difference in restoring your sense of balance:
What have I been paying the most attention to
in my life this week?
What elements of my experience are calling for
greater attention?
What specific activities do I want to bring
greater awareness to?
How will becoming more aware improve the
quality of my life, my relationships, and my work?
What indicators have reminded me that I had
drifted off into mindlessness?
By giving yourself the gift of a few minutes
each week to evaluate the level of awareness that you’re bringing to the things that
matter most to you, you’ll be able to fine-tune and reset your attention patterns
before you get too far off course. Then once a month, enjoy a special "day of
mindfulness" celebration. On the day of the month that corresponds to your birthday,
invite yourself to mindfully explore something new and different. Even for a little while
that day do something, in some way, that you’ve never done before. The freshness of
mind that you bring to experiencing something for the first time is a good way to refresh
your taste of mindfulness!
"Joel and Michelle have constructed a text of
sheer brilliance. Every page offers new insights and truth. No reader
could be disappointed by this book!" -- Caroline Myss, author of Anatomy of the Spirit
