It’s a big night: it’s the night before Thanksgiving and the first night of Chanukah. It’s a holiday mashup if I’ve ever seen one!
There is the inevitable stress (walk into any grocery store and you’ll see what I mean), family shenanigans (some good, some bad), and excitement. I won’t lie, the entire week has been focused on making Thanksgivukkah donuts. Really. What I will tell you is this: try to find some humor in the madness. There is humor and joy or the possibility of both everywhere you turn.
There are:
Menurkeys
Bad jokes:
Why don’t turkeys fly?
They can’t afford plane tickets!
Why do turkeys gobble?
Because they never learned table manners!
Silly videos:
If you find yourself in a situation where you feel too vulnerable, remember these tools for self-care:
- Take 10 deep breaths.
- Try one of my favorite calming techniques: Breathe in for the count of 5, breathe out for the count of 6. Do this 10 times! If you can, increase the #s, always making the outbreath longer. It naturally calms the mind and resets the nervous system.
- Take a time out;
- Make an exit plan
- drive your own car
- have secondary plans or a safe place you can go.
- Go to a meeting;
- Be of service. It will change your life.
From all of us here at Visions Teen, we wish you a safe, sober, and fun Thanksgiving and Chanukah.
“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.” Charles Dickens
Originally posted on November 28, 2013 @ 12:11 am
