Plan how to be less stressed this holiday season:

1.  Take 15-20 minutes and sit down with a pen and paper and 

list out all the ways you tend to get stressed during the 

holidays. Ask for God’s wisdom before you start to be 

honest and not get stressed out by writing out all the ways 

you get stressed out.

2.  Next, identify where the major stressors are that are leading 

to all that stress. Invite God into this part of the process and

ask how important the stressor is. Write a 1 by the most 

stressful experiences, a 2 by moderate stressful 

experiences, and a 3 by the least stressful experiences.  If 

they are all a 1, that’s okay.

3.  Last, for each stressor, pray for wisdom and then ask 

yourself this question: “How could I creatively and 

assertively manage this stressor in such a way that it 

doesn’t turn into stress in the first place?”