Apologies to our friends to the North, Canadian’s celebrated Thanksgiving this past Monday and I totally missed it. That means Thanksgiving here in the States is 6 weeks from today! Of course you’ve got time to prepare, but I wanted to challenge you this year to approach things a bit differently. It’s always been an odd juxtaposition to me that Thanksgiving is a holiday about being thankful for the things you have and just hours later, sometimes before the dishes have even been cleaned, people are rushing to the stores to buy more things!
What if this Thanksgiving season you focused on spending that extra time with those people you’re thankful for creating new experiences rather than buying more things, even if they are a great deal?
You’ve heard me pose this question different ways in the past, but honestly how many pairs of slippers do you really think Aunt Sue needs? I’m not saying that she doesn’t love them, but by now she’s got a closet full. Instead of getting up at the crack of dawn to stand in line for the newest video game for your kids, why not get up at the crack of dawn and pile into the family truckster to go for a hike in the mountains or a walk on the beach? It’s the time you spend together as a family making memories that will last much longer than the battery life of 2018’s hottest toy.
Spend Black Friday making a scrap book of the photos you’ve taken this past year on your adventures together. Wouldn’t it be nice to share those memories sitting around the dinner table instead of crowded around a phone screen where your photos are eternally stored?
Believe me, I love to shop as much as the next girl (my husband may even say I do so more than the next girl) but I also love the idea of focusing on things we can do together.
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