Edit Your Life Episode 143: Editing Your Holiday Gift List [Rebroadcast]

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Most of us love presents: getting them and giving them. And yet, even with the best of intentions and the most iron-clad of budgets, holiday gifting can take on a frenzied quality. How do you embrace the delight of gift-giving without stumbling into the stress that seems to shadow annual holiday shopping? In Episode 143 of Edit Your Life, Asha and I rebroadcast 8 tips for editing your holiday gift list without tamping down your generosity, including perspective shifts to help you refocus on connection instead of obligation, how to get organized, clutter-free (and in some cases, virtually cost-free) gift alternatives including gifts that give back, plus tips for communicating with your family so everyone’s gift expectations are on the same page.

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Resources mentioned in this episode

Minimalist Parenting (our book)
Episode 102: Editing in Gratitude
Related episode: Episode 13: Raising Readers (Guilt-Free)
13 Things I Want For My Teenager (Boston Mamas)
Gift ideas that simplify holiday shopping or don’t require shopping at all (click for Asha’s homemade chai concentrate recipe)
Brave New World Designs (Christine and Jon’s advocacy-oriented tees; free domestic shipping through 12/3/18)

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