{"id":7042,"date":"2023-12-06T15:42:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T15:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifereader.co.uk\/articles\/?p=7042"},"modified":"2023-12-06T15:42:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T15:42:56","slug":"yule-time-is-you-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifereader.co.uk\/articles\/yule-time-is-you-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Yule Time Is YOU Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Audrey:<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span> December is here and with it comes yule the winter solstice, this is a frosty time to spend sipping hot cocoa, feasting on delicious holiday treats while making merry moments to remember with those we love. <\/p>\n

While social interaction can bring a lot of comfort for us during yule, we do have the added pressure of buying gifts and making special memories just perfect for everyone around us, this can feel daunting, almost near impossible to meet and fulfill everyone’s expectations. <\/p>\n

While it is important to take care of our social life and keep a healthy balance of career, Family life and romantic desires, this time of the year requires us all to think about us as well. Reflecting on our past year and looking back on all that we have achieved paves the way to a perfect path to true happiness this season. We need to make a promise to ourselves from within to prioritize self-reflection, self-growth and self-care both mental and physical. However, before we can begin our precious us time plans, there are a few simple steps we can take to feel calmer and more collected during this busy time of the year. Three steps to be precise, first we must take a page from the book written by the yuletide master himself, in the olden days the celts referred to him as the winter forest god, Father Dagda but in our modern society we have deemed him, Santa Claus after St. Nicholas.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Like Santa we must make a list and check it twice, this list will have two parts. First on our list will be all the people in our lives we will see during the yule time season friend’s family and there’s always the need for a few Opps gifts that everyone likes to have handy in the coat closet for emergencies. Second on our list must be what we want to give them to express our love and appreciation for all they have brought into our life this year, an important point to note here is we must be realistic about our financial budgets. Often, we want to get our friends and family the most luxurious and expensive gifts, this is not always the way to go, making a special gift for them will be a more meaningful and heartfelt present that won’t break the bank but will make them feel special and adored. Once we have created our list and allotted the proper amount of time throughout our days in December to accomplish our gift goals, we must embrace the spirit of the solstice, the pure act of giving. The spirit of the yule solstice is unconditional generosity and spreading joy to all we encounter.<\/p>\n

\u00a0It may not feel like it but putting the people in our life with whom we have healthy relationships with before ourselves does directly feed our soul fire, one that tends to die down throughout the year between new job opportunities and life moving all around us we can lose what is important in life, ourselves and the people within it. This two-step list creates joy and reignites passion and excitement from within and is reflective to those around us. Creating and accomplishing our gift list opens our minds to focus on a more organized and calm us, the person that we so often forget about during this busy holiday season. This leads us to the third and final step towards creating\u201d yule time, you time\u201d and allowing ourselves to give the gift of self-love and happiness to us inside and out. <\/p>\n

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Step three begins by refocusing back to us and reflecting on our year once more to see all the positive things we have accomplished, this is a perfect time to celebrate ourselves, to think about how we can set aside time to focus on achieving our personal Yule tidings and joy so we can relax and create time for our self-care. Setting the right tone for step three is crucial for longevity, let’s all break out the jingle bells and sing to the heavens above this December. Let’s begin each day with a positive thought. This sets the day’s intentions; we must ask ourselves” what or who are we thankful for today? By asking and answering this question we create the right mind set to attract positive energy and satisfaction for our day and many days to come.<\/p>\n

After we have set our day’s intentions it’s time to pull out our smart phone and set an alarm for our self-care hour. Yes, an hour is best, however if we feel like we need to start small and begin with 15 minutes we can, make this a realistic time of our day such as right when we wake up or right before we fall asleep. Day by day we will notice the new way we feel about us, the way we react to stress and the way we communicate with others around us. We may be thinking now well, \u201cWhat is self-care or \u201cyou time?\u201d This can be anything that brings us joy and aligns us from within with our ultimate happy place, a good example is meditation, when our minds are still, we can hear our hearts whisper wisdom to us to find our true peace.<\/p>\n

Making yourself a priority every day is very important, and it is most important during the winter season. By utilizing the three steps for \u201cyule time, you time\u201d while remaining organized, realistic and above all Jolly, we then can begin focusing on checking off our tasks all about helping others first and calming our anxiety about the season, then setting aside Self-care each day for us. This will not only help us through the holidays but guide us to joy and set us up to thrive into the new year full of hope, love, optimism and a fully fueled soul fire burning bright that will attract success and abundance into all aspects of our lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Audrey: December is here and with it comes yule the winter solstice, this is a frosty time to spend sipping hot cocoa, feasting on delicious holiday treats while making merry moments to remember with those we love. While social interaction can bring a lot of comfort for us during yule, we do have the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":7043,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,7,10,12,15,19,24,29,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-divination","category-empowerment","category-inspiration","category-love-relationships","category-mind-body-spirit","category-personal-change","category-self-help-improvement","category-spiritual-healing","category-sprituality"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t