I feel that it seems many are going away for the holidays.  It’s R & R time for those who are not affected by the financial crisis and those who are not affected by the p0litical situation of this country.  I wish i can get away too to a very far place – very far away where i can’t be reached by any messenger.  Some place like orlando vacation rental which some of my friends have tried in the past holidays. They said it is a deal worth taking. They really had a nice R & R there.

Florida is so far.  So a trip to Boracay or El Nido Palawan would just be perfectly fine.   Christmas holidays are here so it’s time to really relax and and destress from the weeks and months of hard labor.

I can say that the past few weeks are very very stressful week yet we managed to come out of it still sane and smiling.  Everyday busy that i almost have time to blog.  Someone will treat me for a Therapeutic Massage this coming weekend. Actually it is not only me but a couple of other girls. It will be called a girls’ night out so boys are not allowed. My friend has been enjoying the luxury of massage therapy because of what she read in chiq magazines and also tried to read more about it online. Now she is fully convinced that it is ok to destress through massage therapy.

I often said that as much as possible i should avoid being anxious.  I just thought that it’s only the future that we have to anxious about.  So, i vowed not to be anxious.  But now i realized that almost daily in our life, we can be anxious even on little stuff.   If there is one thing that i can be anxious about in the future – it would be a house to stay if ever things will not run smoothly at my end.  I am always praying that somehow i can have my own (rent to own) place.  So when i browsed for apartments i am having idea on what would be the kind of home i want. It does not matter if its big or small, bungalow or in the 37th floor of a building, it does not matter as long as it’s going to be mine.

I also checked out the apartments for San Diego because my cousin just moved to San Diego recently.  Her kid is complaining that their current place is so small compared to their huge house in Washington.

I guess prioritizing is very important to avoid unnecessary anxiety or worry.

I am not a shopaholic but i would accept that am an impulse shopper when am full of stress.  When am not feeling so much good about myself, there would always be more to my shopping list if i go out.  So i can relate when my cousin was whining about shopping list and being her buying the stuff that she thought she would need but ended up just storing them. But not Kettlebell she needs it for her husband so even though she bought it without second thoughts she does not have regrets. She is also sharing the dvds with her brother inlaws.

Last Friday, without a shopping list, i went out to the mall to check out some mobile phones.  Instead of a phone, i purchased me again a new footwear (slip-on). Can be used in church as well as office, too.

By Cory Quirino (Grabbed from the Philippine Star)

1. Declare 10 minutes of your time everyday as time-out.  Simply close your eyes: Inhale softly and quietly.  If you can’t turn off the lights, put on your shades.
2. Load up your vitamin B complex.
3. Try aromatherapy by lighting up lemon grass.
4. Spray in your palms and inhale with closed eyes one of the most effective and instant mood lifter in the market today.
5. Sip herbal teas like chamomile, lavender, and rose or try organic ginger tea with native musvocado sugar (or we locally call this CAMAY or CALAMAY) from the mountain of Nueva Viscaya.