Hello there,

Tor here wishing you Merry Christmas from cold and dark Norway! :)

Before I dive into todays topic, I just want to thank you all so much for answering the survey last week. It means a lot to me that you took the time, and I'm already hard at work taking all your answers and requests into the new training I'm working on.

Christmas Stress Relief

Christmas is in many ways fantastic: Cozy, lots of good food, and we finally get to see our closest ones again.

BUT Christmas is also a very stressful time: Party logistics, preparing gifts, travel, and lots of other little things that constantly needs to be done.

So to help ease the stress for the season, I figured I'd give you a quick technique to lighten the stress just a little bit:

Pick out your Christmas wear now.

1. Outfits for all the festivities, plus one backup (just in case).
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2. In addition to this, make sure you have enough clothes ready to get you through the remainder of the year.
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That's all you need to do. Quick, easy, and removes ALL stress related to clothes.

(No need to pull it out, just make sure its there).

Don't worry if your wardrobe's little cluttered right now, this isn't the time to start cleaning up.

Now is the time to focus on everything else that's going on and enjoy it. In January once things calm down we can do some wardrobe organizing together.

Personal Update

On my end, things are going well. Yesterday was my 33rd Birthday (2/3 of the way to 50, woohoo!).

It was nice, I mostly spent time with family and I had a cat visitor (she came in through the window when she realised I was grilling a chicken leg).

Other than that, I've been finishing up all the Christmas presents and going for lots of walks in the forest near my home.

I also put the (now dry) chilies I grew this summer into a smoker and make smoked chili powder for the second year in a row.