Danielle RalstonFounder, How Capacity Works · Founder of ND Hive | Building the productivity hub where work actually gets done | Execution spaces, body doubling & community accountability

Adjusting Holiday Traditions for Well-being #holidayselfcare #mentalhealthmatters

18 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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Danielle Ralston is scaling back her Christmas decorating this year due to limited energy and mental health needs. Her husband set up a pre-lit tree without ornaments, and she's letting go of her usual penguin, light, and snowman collections. She's learning to sit and be present instead.

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Christmas decorating is usually a huge deal for me, and I'm not decorating this year. My husband was very sweet and still put up my Christmas tree, but it has no ornaments, but my Christmas tree is still there. So that's what I've been able to handle doing. I'm hoping to put up at least part of my Christmas village today. And, and learning to sit and just be. And, and if anybody knows me, I'm not a person that likes to just sit and just be and all of those. So I'm learning to just be. Just be and not do too many things because I just can't. I was saying that I can't. I the only Christmas decoration we have up is our tree, and it is a pre-lit tree. Thank God, my husband is very sweet and put that up because my husband hates doing decorations and stuff, but nothing else. And I have a massive amount of. I have a huge penguin collection and huge sparkly lights and snowflakes and snowmen, and I love Christmas decorations. And I just I can't. I can't physically do that this year, and.