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It’s back! Your guide to less holiday stress🎄

Published 10 months ago • 2 min read

It’s time, friends! Can you believe we’re just 10 weeks away from Christmas? That means it’s officially time to start planning and getting organized for the holidays.

Our annual Holiday Organization Series is back! This is truly one of my favorite things to share each year because I’m so passionate about helping you create a holiday season you can actually slow down and enjoy.

I always feel a little sad when I hear people say they dread the holidays because they’ve become so stressful and overwhelming. So this year, we’re tackling it together!

Each week from now through December, I’ll be sharing a few simple tasks and tips to help you get ahead of the chaos and enjoy the season come December.

✨My hope for you: a slow, simplified, organized holiday season.

🎁 Grab your free Holiday Planning Checklist to get started, and make sure you’re following me on social for weekly reminders and motivation all season long.

– Emily

Holiday Prep Tasks For This Week

  1. Contact family/friends to determine dates and locations for all holiday gatherings.
  2. Add all holiday-related events to your family's shared calendar.
  3. Ask each family member what their favorite holiday tradition is and what's one holiday activity they really want to do this year.

Find more specifics and a detailed week-by-week list of tasks in my free Holiday Organization Checklist.

On My Mind This Week

  • I have been busy curating my annual gift guides – hoping to release them by November 1. I'd love to hear what your favorite gift from last year was! Reply and let me know – can be something you loved to receive, a great toy your kid go, or even something you love to give others.
  • If you're looking for unique gift ideas, I've fallen in love with a small business that illustrates the most gorgeous floral patterns and prints them on pretty office supplies and house items. Obsessed with this beautiful desk pad I added to my desk recently. Their products would all make fantastic gifts! Chloe and I are LOVING their coloring books. Use code EMILYC10 for 10% off your entire order!
  • Our favorite bed pillows have an insane coupon that makes them the same as their prime day price! We love these pillows so much, they are much nicer and comfier than the cheap ones we used to buy.
  • I swapped our cheap over the door wreath hook for this little suction cup recently and it looks so nice! I cleaned the door well before adding the hook and I'm impressed it's stayed in place through a cold and windy week in the Midwest. It looks so much nicer than the big hook I had before that was always sliding around and hitting the door. I'd recommend this little swap!
  • You can always shop my recent posts and find things I'm loving in my Amazon Shop and the LTK app.

What's For Dinner This Week

*We pull fresh fruit & veggies out of the fridge to serve along with dinner most of the time. I also rely a lot on frozen steamer bags of vegetables.

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Small Stuff Counts

by Emily Counts

Helping moms create organized, simplified homes, one small project at a time. Organizing✨Cleaning✨Homemaking

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