This DIY Christmas Planner workbook will help you make a solid plan for a Happy Holiday season you can live with. You’ll find inspiring DIY gift ideas, space to reflect on what is important to you, and a place to set goals for bringing a happy and meaningful Christmas to your family this year.
None of us looked forward on New Year’s Day 2020 to a World Wide Pandemic with economic hardship and social upheaval. As moms and grandmas we long to bring order and happy memories out of the chaos. We want to see the last part of 2020 resemble the Merry Christmases we long for and remember. We want to return to a more secure and happy time. While we can’t turn back the clock, we can create a plan for a happier ending to 2020.
If you are looking for ways to DIY Christmas gifts and make happy Christmas memories while living within the health and budget constraints that have been handed to you, I’ve got a resource that will help.
This DIY Christmas Planner workbook will help you make a solid plan for a Happy Holiday season you can live with. You’ll find inspiring DIY gift ideas, space to reflect on what is important to you, and a place to set goals for bringing a happy and meaningful Christmas to your family this year.
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How would you like to come through the 2020 holiday season feeling accomplished and confident instead of overwhelmed and off track? It begins with a plan.
So if you are with me, grab your calendar. I’m going to help you do this. Right now. If you don’t have a blank October to December calendar you can print the one I created for you in this workbook.
While you are waiting for that to download, I created a Holiday Crafting Playlist for you on Spotify to get you in the mood and increase your JOY. You can listen to it here (free). And if that’s not your style try this one. (You may have to create a free Spotify account to listen.)
Did you print the holiday planner workbook?
Did you print the calendar? Good. Let’s get started making your DIY plan for the next few weeks.
Get Your Rocks in a Row
There is an analogy about our time commitments being like rocks in a jar. If you fill the jar with big rocks until it seems full, the jar isn’t really full. There’s room for little rocks to fit among the big rocks. And once the jar is full of little rocks, you’ll find there is still room for gravelly rocks. And even after all the big rocks, medium size rocks, and gravel are in the jar and the jar seems full, there is still room for sand. But if you fill the jar with sand first, there would be no room for the big rocks and the medium-size rocks. So it’s important when you have big things to accomplish that you put those big rocks in the jar first.
And that’s what we’re going to do. Take your calendar and put in those big rocks — those things that are immovable that can’t be changed. Your calendar may have more virtual events this year. Many of the things that “made the season bright” have been cancelled. Other things will be limited to fewer people. But that doesn’t mean Christmas is cancelled. In the words of Dr. Seuss,
And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled ’till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.
Find those big rocks and pencil them into your calendar — especially the virtual events. It’s easy to forget them when you won’t be leaving home.
Now write in the medium size rocks, weekly bible study, church attendance, coffee with friends, the weekly craft day, business lunches. Again, this year may look different for you. You may have fewer coffee dates. Weekly bible study might be happening in smaller groups. But the fact that this year is different means these engagements are even more important. Get them on the calendar because without them you will underestimate your available time.
And finally write in the little rocks. These are the things that might be more flexible that are time commitments for you. It might be family night, tea with your aging parents, home school hours, Sunday school prep time. Study time for your herb course, hairdresser appointments, manicure, massage. These little self care rituals have become even more important in 2020. Write them in.
All the rocks are now on your calendar. Look at the time you have left. These are the times you have for DIYing. Make an appointment with yourself now to spend those days with yourself or even invite a friend or relative to enjoy the DIY time with you. You can make memories while you make gifts if you plan ahead.
Looking at the time you have left to DIY in the next 8 to 12 weeks. Let’s make a plan together. It takes the same amount of time to craft one batch of bath bombs as it takes to triple the batch. It takes the same amount of time to make and can one batch of elderberry syrup as it does to triple the batch and put it through a water bath canner.
You may have one or two people that you need to spend hours crafting just one gift: The cable knit sweater for your husband or the baby quilt for your new grand baby, for instance. Pencil in the time for those projects around all the “rocks” already on your calendar. The rest of your DIY time can be invested in smaller projects that delight but aren’t a huge time commitment. There are so many gifts that can be made in an hour or less. I’ve added some suggestions at the end of that free resources I mentioned, to inspire you.
Now let’s get in touch with your favorite things about this time of year. Among all the rocks we want to make sure that while you are creating awesomeness for others you don’t neglect the things that feed your soul and spirit. Once you decide what’s important to you write it on the calendar, too.
Download your copy of the 2020 Christmas Planner
Grab more time management support by downloading the free DIY Herbal Christmas Planner 2020 Edition Workbook and get those big rocks in place now, so that you can make the most of the time you have to create JOY and be awesome this holiday season.
This seasonal workbook will help you plan your holiday season to ensure that the things that are most important to you are included in your holiday plans. You’ll also find tips to reduce your expenditures during the holiday season and an updated list of DIY gifts that are inexpensive and easy to make.
This is a free DIY Herbal Christmas Planner workbook that is full of journaling prompts and gift ideas so that you can make this year’s holiday season meaningful for your family while reducing the last-minute stressors that can easily steal your JOY.
Grab your copy of the DIY Herbal Christmas Planner 2020 Edition Workbook by clicking on the red button below, and get on the “permanent nice” list, so you can get the best tips and DIY projects to make your 2020 Christmas and Holiday season the best, stress-free holiday yet.
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