Goal for the Day: Get Ready for the Holidays

Many of you have already started decorating your homes for Christmas and the winter holidays. I personally can’t even begin to think about Christmas until after Thanksgiving no matter how many stores are playing Christmas carols immediately after Halloween.


Decorating your home for Christmas can be a bit overwhelming. Suddenly, the same house that you work hard all year to maintain is filled with dusty boxes of artificial shrubbery and ornaments. You’ve got to move things around to fit it all in. So, it can be a bit of a daunting task.

However, if you have a plan before you attack the project, the task will seem like less of a chore and more of the joy that it’s supposed to be. Instead of just dragging boxes of decorations down from the attic with no blueprint, think about how you’re going to start. Pace yourself. Plan on setting up the tree first, then the lights, then the garlands, then the ornaments. Once that’s finished, tackle any other decorations you want to add like mantels and windows, etc. Create a staging area for yourself in a little used part of the house. You can make that your “central command.” That way you won’t be weaving and stumbling around boxes as you try to finish your projects.

Holiday decorating should be fun. By approaching it methodically, it will be. Otherwise, all you’ve got is dusty labor.