Urgent Reminder For 2023 Me
Every year, I am determined to start Christmas shopping way in advance. Every year, Thanksgiving comes and goes and suddenly it’s days before Christmas and I’m scrambling.
This year I actually purchased one gift before Thanksgiving and really thought I had done something. Finally this was the year I would be done with Christmas shopping weeks early and have time to breathe and enjoy the season with a little more peace
Wrong.
I’m not sure where the weeks between Thanksgiving went but here we are. One week before Christmas. I actually have most of my shopping done besides stocking stuffers and a few small gifts. Most importantly, I know what I need to buy and where so I have alleviated the stress of not knowing what to get someone.
It feels great to be basically done with Christmas shopping a week before Christmas, but I still had to be a little frantic with my buying and waited too long to even buy online.
One thing I did this year was to create a task in my to do app to track Christmas ideas throughout the year. Whenever I heard an idea mentioned from my mom or kids or husband, I would add a note to that task. When the end of the year came around, I had a few ideas that I could run with.
All this to say that this post is serving as my reminder on October 1st in 2023, I will get started on my Christmas purchasing. I have created a new reminder in my to do app to remind me on that date to get going and start slowly buying items online and gathering Christmas gifts.
Are you done Christmas shopping? Are you a last minute shopper or do you start early? What’s your game plan?