Motivation for Your Monday

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Happy two post Monday! This little bonus is because I just needed to share the Cornbread Stuffing recipe with all you Thanksgiving chefs, but still did not want to leave the motivation undone. Instead of doing my usual one quote today, I wanted to do a few of my favorites from past motivations and a few new. The holidays are officially here and for many, that means more stress, more headaches, and more difficulty keeping a positive attitude in check. It tends to mean that for me.

This year, I have decided to choose to be happy, thankful, and calm this holiday season. To help with that, I have a few go-to quotes about attitude that remind me everything we do is a choice. We can choose to get annoyed in that insanely crowded store or parking lot, or we can choose to breathe, relax, and know everything that must get done will get done. We can choose to show our family and friends how stressed and upset we are, or we can choose to make their day better with our kindness, patience, and understanding. Likewise, the choice of this holiday season being stressful, sad, dramatic, happy, joyful, and calming are all up to us. For this reason, I choose to be happy.

There was a great quote I recently heard which states that we can be in a situation, but our situation does not have to be in us. That is powerful. My self goal for this ending to such an incredible year is to choose to react with positivity, helpfulness, and kindness.

What are some of your goals for the holidays and how are you going to make it happen?

Weekly Motivation

I recently found this quote and simply loved it. It has quickly become one of my favorite poems and my mantra during the holidays. Thanksgiving is right around the corner and I could not be more excited! But, that excitement can so easily turn to stress with family in town, cooking to be done, more work than usual to be completed, plenty of parties to go around, and all those crafts! But, through all of this, it is equally as important to remember that our lives are for enjoying and for helping others enjoy theirs'.

This holiday season I have made it my goal to be happy, stress free, and continually in the pursuit of making my life and the lives of those around me better. To begin with, I have signed up for Elle's annual  Elf for Health challenge. You can read all about it here and sign up as well! This will be such a fun way to meet others, keep the holidays in perspective, and learn a bit along the way!