Here are 3 calming tips to help you to reduce any troubling financial stress during Christmas and the holidays.
There can be a lot of stress during the holidays especially if you are hosting this year! But even if you aren’t hosting a party or a massive family gathering, the holidays can be a drain on your wallet.
Even if your finances are stable, your money can take a hit. If you are under a lot of stress about money, then the holidays can make it much worse.
But you can still experience Christmas, have a budget friendly time, and do it all without coming off as a Scrooge!
I’m sharing about this topic because I’m a bestselling author on anxiety – with about 2 million books sold globally.
Your happiness matters. And I am here to help you to understand how to manage financial stress during the holidays.
So, let’s get started!
Here are some of the things that you can do to pull off a finance friendly holiday miracle!
While the world might push you to spend more money and make the next holiday bigger and better than last year’s, you can scale your Christmas back. Do you really need all those decorations? The biggest tree you can find? Or a dozen presents? You can scale Christmas back to the parts of the holiday that mean the most to you.
Maybe it is having family over for the holidays, cooking certain types of meals, or getting and giving a few presents to one another. But don’t be afraid to focus on turning your holiday into something smaller and intimate. That way you get all the happy feelings of Christmas without needing to break the entire bank.
The best way to avoid wrecking people’s expectations is to ensure that they are lowered. Don’t be afraid to talk to your family and friends about the financial stress you are under, and set some expectations about what the holiday is going to look like. Additionally, you might find that talking about your financial problems will help you remove all of the stress.
Then people can come to your Christmas party and spend time with you with their expectations where you want them to be. It might even help everyone get closer together without a big budget and expensive Christmas, which can certainly remind everyone of the real reason for the season.
Don’t be afraid to look for ways to do things for free in times of financial stress. There are plenty of ways to save money during the holidays. Especially if you focus on looking in the correct places. For example, you can send free eCards this Christmas to your friends and family.
This will save you money because you won’t be purchasing the cards and envelopes, but it will also save you the time of putting the cards together and sending them in the mail. Instead you just need to put in a few emails and click some buttons to send some cards out!
Plus, you can even take the time to customize your eCards and send personalized cards to certain people. You can send warm and happy cards to your close family, and funnier cards to your friends. There are dozens of websites that allow you to customize and send all sorts of free eCards, and you can have some real fun picking and choosing the ones you want!
You don’t need to buy into the fact that the holidays need to be a time of massive stress and massive spending. With a little know-how and some creativity, you can make your holidays a time when you can really relax.
With worries about money off your shoulders, you can focus on spending time with your family and friends.
Because with the holidays, that is what really matters.
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