Self-Care Monday-You Part 2

 Tis the season where we find it harder and harder to say no. 

Parties, potlucks, get together after get together after parties and soirees, and so on. It's exhausting! I have a dear friend who always wants to do something on New Year's Day. Listen, by then I'm done. I need peace and quiet and maybe some Mummers in the background, but after the entire month of December, I want a day I don't have to talk with anyone other than my dog. 

Even if we don't participate in a lot of those activities, it's still exhausting--presents and buying and wrapping and the cost of everything rising.

Boundaries. That's the key to protecting your energy. Along the comparison lines and just say no lines I've talked about before. What's better? Saying no thank you or leaving early if you need to? Or being so run down and grouchy that you snap and snarl at people when you don't mean to. (Or do, it's possible, but perhaps not in that particular manner.)

Take time for yourself. No one else will!