Mike and Alyssa are always trying to outdo each other.

When Alyssa got a small water bottle, Mike showed up with a four-liter jug.

When Mike started gardening, Alyssa started beekeeping.

Oh, come on.

They called a truce for their holiday and used Expedia trip planner to collaborate on all the details of their trip.

Once there, Mike still did more laps around the pool.

Whatever. You were made to outdo your holidays. We were made to help organize the competition.

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and making time to catch up with friends, my calendar gets booked up.

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Thank you. Shop Abercrombie in the app, online, and in stores. Hi, everyone, and welcome back to Monday Meditations.

I know it's a busy season, and I want to do a guided meditation on coming home to yourself during the holiday season.

This means coming back to your true form, even during the busyness, even during the chaos.

So first start with finding a comfortable place to settle, sitting or lying down, and take a slow, deep breath in,

and gently exhale. You've been pulled in a hundred different directions lately. Schedules,

emotions, expectations, to-do lists, but right now, nothing is required of you. This moment is your return, your place to come home to yourself.

The holidays can feel loud, even the good parts, busy plans, noisy environments, over-simulation, emotional weight, whatever you've been caring, set it down for a moment.

You can pick it back up later if you need to, but not right now. Right now is just for you.

Quietly remind yourself. I am allowed to pause. I'm allowed to rest for a moment.

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