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The holidays are almost here, with their cheerful extra-helping of anxiety and, for many of us, increased mental health issues.

You can’t magically make it all disappear, but you can make a plan to take care of yourself the best way you can, and minimize the struggle as much as possible.

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Part I - List stressors

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• [ ] Decide on your grounding activity.
• [ ] If you’d like, ask a friend to join you.
• [ ] Set aside half an hour to work on this. </aside>

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• [ ] Get a cup of your beverage of choice
• [ ] Set a timer - half an hour should be more than enough.
• [ ] Write down your stressors. </aside>

<aside> <img src="/icons/hand_blue.svg" alt="/icons/hand_blue.svg" width="40px" /> After - Take a Break 30-60 mins

• [ ] Ping! Timer is saying this is enough.
• [ ] Take a deep breath or several.
• [ ] Do your grounding activity. </aside>

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Part II - Think about strategies

You can do this after your break, or pick it up again another day.

<aside> <img src="/icons/drafts_green.svg" alt="/icons/drafts_green.svg" width="40px" /> Do The Work - Strategies 30 mins

• [ ] Get another cup of your beverage of choice
• [ ] Set a timer - half an hour should be more than enough.
• [ ] Go through the list, item by item, and think about what can you do to avoid or minimize them. </aside>

<aside> <img src="/icons/hand_blue.svg" alt="/icons/hand_blue.svg" width="40px" /> After - Take a Break 30-60 mins

• [ ] Ping! Timer is saying this is enough.
• [ ] Take a deep breath or several.
• [ ] Do your grounding activity. </aside>

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