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WELL -BEING
SKIP THE LINES at the toy store or the wait for online shipping VACATIONS,
this year. Instead, try giving the gift of a family vacation.
Celebrating the season with shared experiences brings more joy NOT TOYS
than celebrating with presents, such as electronics or toys.
Give your kids the gift of happy memories.
A study published in the Journal of Consumer Research found
that giving and getting gifts that someone can experience, such
as a concert or trip, help you foster close relationships. Another
study published in Psychological Science found that waiting for
an experience beings more happiness than waiting for a material
purchase.
PLANNING THE PERFECT TRIP
Your vacation doesn’t have to be completely planned out by the
holiday season to make it a great gift. In fact, it might be better
to go ahead and pick the destination and book the travel and
accommodations. Then you can allow your kids to help plan the
activities you’ll do together.
If you want to have something to wrap for the holiday, give each child
a guide book for the area, and then let them look through and find
sites of interest. Online reviews provide great information that will
help your family find restaurants and other activities you’ll all enjoy.
Together, watch video blogs of attractions on YouTube to help build
excitement.
You don’t have to drop thousands of dollars on a vacation to make
it fun for your family.The important thing is to find an experience that
your whole family can cherish and enjoy together.
THE Kindness Cycle
Resist the urge to AS MUCH AS you may try to shrug it off, rude response. But treating the person who was
repay rudeness with behavior can stay with you for hours, days unkind with respect instead may help you both
rudeness by taking or even weeks at a time. Nobody likes to be feel better.
control and shifting mistreated, and trying to figure out why an
the narrative. unkindness occurred can create frustration, AN ATMOSPHERE OF GOODWILL
irritability and stress.
To create an environment where kindness is the
If you are treated rudely, responding in norm, take action to behave in a positive way.
a similar manner may feel like the right Here are some simple things you can do:
1. 2. 3. 4.
At work, say hello when Thank others when If a friend, family member or co-worker If repeated attempts to get
you pass someone in the they do kind things. is rude to you, address the situation. Try along with a rude person
Showing appreciation fail, do your best to avoid
hallway or on the way and gratitude makes to use statements that include, “I felt interacting with her or him.
to the water cooler. Let everyone feel positive. bad/disrespected/unhappy when you…”
others know that you see This language is not about accusation
them and that they matter.
but about the effects of unkindness.
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EXPERTS WITH NAVICENT HEALTH CAN HELP YOU MANAGE YOUR EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING.
TO LEARN MORE, VISIT WWW.NAVICENTHEALTH.ORG/SERVICE-CENTER/FAMILY-HEALTH-CENTER.
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