[TappingScript] – Financial Stress From Holiday Expenses

Nov 30, 2016

I recognize I spend a lot more money during the holiday season...On the gifts that I give...The social events that I attend...The food that I bought...All of this can create a great deal of stress...I recognize the fact that much of the spending that I do is on things that I feel like I have to do...That I don't have a choice...That I don't have an option...That it is something I must do or other people will judge me...Because I didn't give the right gifts...Or I didn't give the right amount of gifts...The reality is that most of the gifts that we receive...And most of the gifts we give...Are forgotten about very quickly...Because we already have so much stuff in our lives...We might appreciate it in the moment...But then it just joins everything else that we own...I give myself permission to be much more thoughtful about my buying decisions...To be to be much more thoughtful about the choices I make...Knowing that I can give less more thoughtfully...Still letting the people I love know I love them...I give myself permission to let go of the guilt which is compelling me to buy more...It just wants me to be safe...By acting like everyone else...I give myself permission to know I don't need to do that...I can be thoughtful...I can be deliberate about it...I can give good gifts that I am proud of and spend less...I give myself permission to let go of the social conventions of what we are supposed to give...And give in a way that makes sense to me