Keeping Your Battery Charged During the Holiday Season

The Traveling Introvert

Topic: Ways to top up your battery during the holiday season

- Introduction to the holiday season and its impact on recharge levels

- Changes in weather and their effects

- Increased social activities and events

- Importance of maintaining daily routines

- Avoid unnecessary changes to routines

- Incorporate important self-care activities like meditation and exercise

- Maximizing exposure to sunlight

- Spending time outdoors

- Using light therapy devices in the absence of sunlight (happy lights)

- Practicing generosity towards oneself

- Avoiding burnout by treating oneself

- Balancing giving to others with self-care

- Managing expectations

- Adjusting perspectives and avoiding disappointments

- Communicating expectations with loved ones and colleagues

- Being honest about feeling overwhelmed

- Taking responsibility for communicating needs

- Discovering and addressing unrecognized expectations

- Letting go of perfectionism

- Accepting that things may not go as planned

- Reducing self-imposed stress by embracing imperfections

- Scheduling downtime for recharging

- Setting aside specific times for rest and self-care

- Preparing in advance to ensure uninterrupted recharging

- Conclusion and final thoughts on taking care of oneself during the holiday season