Christmas and the holiday season is the opposite of simple for a lot of people. You may feel this way as you rush around buying gifts, decorating the house, and cooking and planning and cleaning and on and on and on.
Yeah...
The holidays often play out this way, but there are other ways you can make the holidays simpler and more fulfilling. You can refocus your thoughts and activities to what the holidays are really about for you whether that be a spiritual connection or a time for getting together with friends and family. You can make it about serving others and the environment.
In order to help the holidays feel a bit less stressful on the mind, body, and budget, during December I will be sharing simple living tips that revolve around holidayness.
So for the first tip, GO THRIFTING not shopping!
Being newly married, Andrew and I don't have Christmas decorations. We've conquered this lack of festiveness in two main ways that revolve around simple living.
1) Our families have generously donated some on our behalf. This is a very easy way to not spend money (aka save some awesome cash) and to reuse and upcycle as to not create more waste in the world. We've got enough of that. People often have so many holiday decorations stored up, they don't minded sharing. Which leads to....
2) We go thrifting for Christmas goodies. The key to thrifting is to go often, as thrift stores put out new goodies almost daily so I have been doing a lot of decoration thrifting. This is cheaper and again reuses old stuff so it ultimately reduces waste. The profits from thrift stores also usually benefit charities. The one I frequent most in Knoxville for example, benefits the American Society for the Blind. I got these old school Christmas lights for only $2 and they look great in our sun room along the top of the window. I love the big bulbs and they were in perfect condition. I will have to share how I have used my other holiday thrift store finds soon!
These are great ways to conserve this holiday season.
1) Our families have generously donated some on our behalf. This is a very easy way to not spend money (aka save some awesome cash) and to reuse and upcycle as to not create more waste in the world. We've got enough of that. People often have so many holiday decorations stored up, they don't minded sharing. Which leads to....
2) We go thrifting for Christmas goodies. The key to thrifting is to go often, as thrift stores put out new goodies almost daily so I have been doing a lot of decoration thrifting. This is cheaper and again reuses old stuff so it ultimately reduces waste. The profits from thrift stores also usually benefit charities. The one I frequent most in Knoxville for example, benefits the American Society for the Blind. I got these old school Christmas lights for only $2 and they look great in our sun room along the top of the window. I love the big bulbs and they were in perfect condition. I will have to share how I have used my other holiday thrift store finds soon!
These are great ways to conserve this holiday season.
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