{"id":4581,"date":"2012-10-25T06:45:14","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T13:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/?p=4581"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:39:43","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:39:43","slug":"blogversation-2012-what-would-your-perfect-holiday-season-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/blogversation-2012-what-would-your-perfect-holiday-season-look-like\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogversation 2012: What would your perfect holiday season look like?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2012\/03\/01\/blogversation-2012-what-would-make-the-world-better-for-women\/blogversation-logo-14\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4173\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Blogversation 2012\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/newvinegrowing.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/02\/blogversation-logo5.jpg?w=372&amp;h=372\" height=\"240\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a>Throughout this year, several bloggers will engage in a conversation here and on their blogs \u2014 asking questions of each other and responding. Others are absolutely welcome to join the conversation, as well. <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2012\/01\/05\/kicking-off-blogversation-2012-join-the-conversation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more about the ladies of Blogversation 2012.<\/a><\/em><br \/>\nToday\u2019s question comes from Eleanor Traubman<a href=\"http:\/\/creativetimes.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">, Creative Times<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#%21\/creativetimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> @creativetimes<\/a> on Twitter:\n<\/div>\n<div><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2012\/03\/01\/blogversation-2012-what-would-make-the-world-better-for-women\/eleanor-traubman-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4174\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Eleanor Traubman\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/newvinegrowing.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/02\/eleanor-traubman.jpg?w=300&amp;h=300\" height=\"300\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a>If you could wave a magic wand and create the perfect holiday season for yourself, what would it look like?\u00a0 How would you spend your time? Where would you put your attention and energy?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>When January comes along, I look at people\u00a0around me and\u00a0notice that a lot of folks\u00a0look spent &#8211; emotionally, physically, fiscally.\u00a0 \u00a0Seems like it can be traced back to the day after Halloween (used to be Thanksgiving) when the seasonal aisles at Rite Aid are loaded up with Christmas stuff &#8211; candy, cards, decorations, you name it.\u00a0 The holiday music starts getting piped in through the radio and the gift-giving ads start popping up on the television.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>No doubt, there are some lovely things about the holiday season.\u00a0 It can be a time to spend with people, go to fun parties, enjoy pretty decorations, light the menorah, see the tree at Rockefeller Center, and eat yummy food.\u00a0 But it also seems like this big tumble weed that runs roughshod over folks and kind of zaps us of our\u00a0ability to stand strong and decide what really makes sense for us outside of pressures to buy this gift, go to that 14th party, travel at the most stressful time to travel, or eat or drink that thing that in the end doesn&#8217;t really make us feel all that great.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So I&#8217;m thinking it would be interesting to set up some intentions for ourselves as we enter this season so we have a better shot at setting our lives up so they truly nurture us and set us up to start the New Year feeling refreshed and energized.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>What do you want this coming holiday season to look like for you and your family or loved ones?\u00a0 Where do you want to put your focus and energies?\u00a0 What would make it possible to enter 2013 on good footing with your mind, heart, spirit, and bank account in tact?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;\"><span style=\"color:#888888;\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout this year, several bloggers will engage in a conversation here and on their blogs \u2014 asking questions of each other and responding. 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