14: 8 Strategies for Prepping for the Holiday Season
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
Shannon Ables
4.7 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2014
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
With just a little preparation and arranging of priorities, the holiday season can be the best time of year and set the stage for a wonderful start to the new year. With these eight strategies you will be able to plan and let go allowing the events to unfold as they will inviting endless opportunities for beautiful memories to be created.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style. |
| 0:16.3 | I'm your host, Shannon Ables. |
| 0:18.8 | And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a |
| 0:25.1 | cafe ole, thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Oh. Okay, so I am not going to kick off today's episode with holiday music, but be warned it's coming in this episode. |
| 0:54.4 | So for all you grinches out there that are not quite ready for the holiday season, |
| 0:59.2 | come on. |
| 1:00.8 | And for those that love that holiday spirit a little bit like I do it will be coming soon I promise |
| 1:07.4 | It'll be worth the way to have a fantastic album. I'm gonna preview with you for this week's petite pleasure. |
| 1:13.4 | So it is coming, but it won't be much. |
| 1:16.2 | Don't worry. |
| 1:17.2 | It won't be. |
| 1:18.2 | I won't drown you in it. |
| 1:19.2 | Don't worry. |
| 1:20.2 | With that said, officially the holiday season kicks off here in the States this week with |
| 1:25.5 | Thursdays Thanksgiving but for everyone else around the world the holiday season |
| 1:30.1 | whether you celebrate Hanukkah Christmas Kwan, or simply the end of one year and the beginning of another has begun. |
| 1:38.0 | Yes, we are in the beginning stages of the holiday season, and as someone who looks forward to |
| 1:45.1 | those certain once a year traditions the gatherings the events certain movies and |
| 1:49.8 | certain songs such as waking up to watching Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade on Thursday or |
| 1:54.8 | singing along to those cheesy pop holiday ballads, for example whams this |
| 1:59.3 | Christmas, you know which one I'm talking about. There are aspects though that I could do without, the stretched budget, the few extra pounds, |
| 2:07.2 | and those half-tus that nobody really enjoys. |
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