I'll take the tree and decorations down in the next few days, but that's just for this year. I love the spirit of Christmas, and each year I decide when I'm ready to pack everything away. The year my mother passed, I kept the tree up for months. It was soothing to me to have Christmas for that long.
When we take down decorations depends on the weather and our schedules. This year we were done early and got them down by 12/31. Not 100% put away yet but getting there.
The day after Christmas. I love the season but am really sick of it by the 26th. This used to be compounded by my profession as a piano teacher of 45 kids with holiday recitals... we started "Jingle Bells" mid-October. :/
If the item has never been used and is still in original packaging and is something I will really never use, I'm ok with re-gifting items - especially if I know another person will use the item and I won't.
Our family waits the full 12 days of the Christmas Season to take down decorations. Christmas is not a one-day celebration but an attitude and joy to celebrate all year.
Use a separate account for your travel ATM and debit card needs. Fund it only with what you expect to need while traveling. This will protect your main account from theft if your card is compromised.
Give this account info to someone at home, and even add their name to the account. They can then put in funds in an emergency, and can talk to the bank on your behalf if the need arises.
Tell your bank where and when you are traveling so they don't stop your card.
My family always left the Christmas decorations in the house up until the 2nd or 3rd week in January. On my own, I have left them up till the end of January, and have accidentally left items up all year long, because I simply missed them when putting everything away. There have been years when I put up so many decorations it was hard to be sure I got them all when taking them down! My outdoor lawn ornaments, the old fashioned blow-mold decorations, usually get put away in early February. A couple of years ago, we had one snow storm after another, and I literally couldn't put the blow molds away until early March. I leave the light strings along the rain gutters up all year, as I have become disabled and it's just too hard for me to put them up and take them down each year anymore. So, my answer is a combination - depending on what it is and where it is, I take them down in late January, early February, and not at all!
Another important way to get things would be to break things into manageable tasks. This way, you don't end up procrastinating. Just by creating a habit of doing something, whether it's writing a couple pages of a book a week, or decorating your house one room at a time, it makes the task less daunting.
I don't mean to be lame, but I take them down the day after Christmas. The reason being is that I have the day off, and that's usually the day spent cleaning up the disaster that I made in the house the night before!
I like to take down my Christmas decorations a few days after Christmas but always before New Year's to create a "clean slate" for the year ahead. We don't have outside lights so it's just the inside of the house to "de Christmas".
I like to use DUMB goals setting (big hairy goals), and then I break the big goals down into smaller goals (SMART goals).
For instance, if my big hairy goal is to lose x amount of pounds within a deadline, then I need to set the right smaller goals.
Starting to exercise, change what I, change when I eat, are all important goals that will bring me closer to my big goal.
However, if my smaller goals were to get more spare time so I could watch more TV, or earn more money so I could buy more stamps for my stamp collection, they wouldn`t benefit my big hairy goal.
Successful people make changes today that will impact their future in the long-term perspective.
As I am a glasses wearer myself, I'm not familiar with your contact wrappers, so I'm assuming the foil is that plastic stuff and not aluminum, which is obviously recyclable. If the packaging isn't recyclable, then I would write the company a friendly complaint letter expressing your concerns about their packaging. If enough people complain about the packaging, the company with switch it out for something greener.
I don't put up many decorations to begin with, usually just stockings, but I take them out late Christmas Day night or the next morning. When it's over, it's over, baby! lol
I take down all holiday items as soon as I have a day off. So it could be the day after or a couple of days after Christmas. One year, our wreath froze to our door from the snow freezing it up. It was up until Easter! When I asked my husband when we would be able to take it down, he said it can stay up there forever since it's "Christmas every day at our house!" Very funny.
I'll take the tree and decorations down in the next few days, but that's just for this year. I love the spirit of Christmas, and each year I decide when I'm ready to pack everything away. The year my mother passed, I kept the tree up for months. It was soothing to me to have Christmas for that long.
When we take down decorations depends on the weather and our schedules. This year we were done early and got them down by 12/31. Not 100% put away yet but getting there.
I like to leave my holiday decorations up as long as possible, so usually take them down well into January.
The day after Christmas. I love the season but am really sick of it by the 26th. This used to be compounded by my profession as a piano teacher of 45 kids with holiday recitals... we started "Jingle Bells" mid-October. :/
Just took them down today. It made me kind of sad.
I take them down usually Mid Jan.
If the item has never been used and is still in original packaging and is something I will really never use, I'm ok with re-gifting items - especially if I know another person will use the item and I won't.
Our family waits the full 12 days of the Christmas Season to take down decorations. Christmas is not a one-day celebration but an attitude and joy to celebrate all year.
Usually right after the first of the year...or earlier if I can get help:)
Use a separate account for your travel ATM and debit card needs. Fund it only with what you expect to need while traveling. This will protect your main account from theft if your card is compromised.
Give this account info to someone at home, and even add their name to the account. They can then put in funds in an emergency, and can talk to the bank on your behalf if the need arises.
Tell your bank where and when you are traveling so they don't stop your card.
Separately carry a credit card for emergency use.
I usually have all decorations down within 2 weeks
My family always left the Christmas decorations in the house up until the 2nd or 3rd week in January. On my own, I have left them up till the end of January, and have accidentally left items up all year long, because I simply missed them when putting everything away. There have been years when I put up so many decorations it was hard to be sure I got them all when taking them down! My outdoor lawn ornaments, the old fashioned blow-mold decorations, usually get put away in early February. A couple of years ago, we had one snow storm after another, and I literally couldn't put the blow molds away until early March. I leave the light strings along the rain gutters up all year, as I have become disabled and it's just too hard for me to put them up and take them down each year anymore. So, my answer is a combination - depending on what it is and where it is, I take them down in late January, early February, and not at all!
Another important way to get things would be to break things into manageable tasks. This way, you don't end up procrastinating. Just by creating a habit of doing something, whether it's writing a couple pages of a book a week, or decorating your house one room at a time, it makes the task less daunting.
I usually take mine down New Year Day to get a fresh start.
I don't mean to be lame, but I take them down the day after Christmas. The reason being is that I have the day off, and that's usually the day spent cleaning up the disaster that I made in the house the night before!
We don't usually have a set date, but we tend to take our Christmas Decorations down towards the end of winter, around the end of January.
Sometimes not until early February.
I like to take down my Christmas decorations a few days after Christmas but always before New Year's to create a "clean slate" for the year ahead. We don't have outside lights so it's just the inside of the house to "de Christmas".
I take down my decorations on January 6.
We take ours down the closest weekend after New Years.
Great post, Britanny.
I like the part where you talk about focus.
I like to use DUMB goals setting (big hairy goals), and then I break the big goals down into smaller goals (SMART goals).
For instance, if my big hairy goal is to lose x amount of pounds within a deadline, then I need to set the right smaller goals.
Starting to exercise, change what I, change when I eat, are all important goals that will bring me closer to my big goal.
However, if my smaller goals were to get more spare time so I could watch more TV, or earn more money so I could buy more stamps for my stamp collection, they wouldn`t benefit my big hairy goal.
Successful people make changes today that will impact their future in the long-term perspective.
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As I am a glasses wearer myself, I'm not familiar with your contact wrappers, so I'm assuming the foil is that plastic stuff and not aluminum, which is obviously recyclable. If the packaging isn't recyclable, then I would write the company a friendly complaint letter expressing your concerns about their packaging. If enough people complain about the packaging, the company with switch it out for something greener.
We take ours down about mid January! The outside lights...will stay up...but not turned on....until around April when its no longer freezing temps!
I don't put up many decorations to begin with, usually just stockings, but I take them out late Christmas Day night or the next morning. When it's over, it's over, baby! lol
I take down all holiday items as soon as I have a day off. So it could be the day after or a couple of days after Christmas. One year, our wreath froze to our door from the snow freezing it up. It was up until Easter! When I asked my husband when we would be able to take it down, he said it can stay up there forever since it's "Christmas every day at our house!" Very funny.