Schedule joy, not just productivity. Add joyful things to your calendar just as you would work meetings. This could be a weekly dinner date with yourself, a monthly gathering with friends, or simply blocking time to rest without guilt.
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We have given Christmas gifts to eight of our son’s friends since middle school. I recently retired and do not make the kind of money I used to. I want to tactfully tell them that I love them all dearly but need to stop gifting. They do not gift us, nor do I ever see them open their gifts. So, I really don’t get the joy out of it anymore. Can you help? —Gift Giver
Dear Giver: You’re basically already there with what you’ve written to me. A card or note that tells them you love them all dearly but that your circumstances are changing and so you need to end the tradition should suffice. You can even say less if you’d like and just send them a card that announces, “we’re switching to cards for Christmas. Still love you lots!”
Rethink how you decorate your gifts this year. Wrap boxes in old newspapers for a vintage look, or use kraft paper and draw your own designs. Craft DIY gift tags and bows to top off the presents.
In your healing journey, do you… Stay loyal to an old version of yourself — the agreeable one, the caretaker, the achiever — because change threatens your sense of control? Wait for external validation before trusting your own knowing? Say you’ll start therapy when work slows down, knowing work never slows down? Hold on to coping habits that “kind of work,” even though they keep you surviving instead of living?
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Gratitude, is not about ignoring pain—it’s about finding value even in ordinary or difficult moments.
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Real Life of an MSW 