Welcome to the Edit Your Life podcast. I'm Christine Co.

And I'm Asha Dornfest, and we're here to help you edit the unnecessary from your life so you have more room to enjoy the awesome.

We share practical ways to declutter your home schedule and mental space without getting bogged down by perfection.

And we believe that baby steps are the key to getting there.

Good morning, Asha. Hello.

Hi, how are you?

Good, good. How are you?

I'm sleepy this morning. It is just dark and cold and it's just one of those, you know, it's just,

that's just how it is right now. But it's also sort of nice because it feels exceedingly cozy in my

house. That's good. Your house is cozy, legitimately. The fire is on quite a lot these days.

Yes. Yes. Yes, yes.

Well, that is actually the perfect unintended setup for our conversation today.

We're going to be talking about restful holidays.

And this topic has been on my mind a lot.

I believe you actually suggested this, but it's just perfect.

I honestly cannot decide if the pandemic changed me or if it simply made clear what is actually

at my core, which is that I have been feeling as requests have been coming in and holiday

plans have been ramping up and such,

that I just want deep rest and quiet during the holidays.

I actually don't want to go anywhere.

I'd rather have one-on-one or small group, like small, like eight people small-type get-togethers

versus any kind of big holiday parties.

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