Hands up who is
feeling a little bit overwhelmed as the festive season approaches?
To-do lists,
shopping, groceries, carol services and decorations. It can all seem a bit of a
frenzy at this time of year and I don't think I am alone in what I have heard
people refer to as Seasonal Overwhelm. It all seems a bit too much, especially
as we tend to put pressure on ourselves to have the "perfect"
Christmas.
This month, in
December I plan to take a little step back from my endless to-do lists and
instead focus on small things that could help bring a smile to some other
seasonally overwhelmed soul.
I took inspiration
from this random acts of kindness calendar which allocates a small task to each
day of December in the run up to Christmas. Because I am a Knitter I felt
compelled to re-work it a little with more of a craft related emphasis - apart
from which - I am British and the notion of approaching random strangers in the
street is more than a little disconcerting.
I took some great
suggestions too from members of my Ravelry group, as between us, we discussed
small ways in which we could brighten someone else's day (and cheerfully
procrastinate about not writing our Christmas cards).
So... the rules...
well there are none really. The 24 suggestions I have laid out are just that,
suggestions. I intend to do one per day and will try to post an Instagram
picture or Tweet of my #rakdec15 action. If you would like to join me - as much
or as little as you like - that would be fabulous too and if you use the
hashtag I'll be sure to track you down.
As it is the season
of giving I will have two skeins of yarn from my stash (yet to be determined)
which will be given as prizes. If you are a member of my Ravelry group feel
free to chat about the RAK challenge over in the thread and after Christmas I
will do a random prize draw for 1 skein from among the chatterers. The other
skein will go to a random prize draw from anyone on Instagram or Twitter who
posts a picture of their random act of kindness and uses the #rakdec15 tag and
#louisetilbrookdesigns.
Above all, have fun,
relax and be kind to one another this festive season
