5 best self-care ideas for Thanksgiving 2022
Thanksgiving 2022 is on the doorstep. Most people are losing their breath to catch up with the infinite checklist and preparations: Thanksgiving food, side dishes, movies leftovers and guests.
Holiday stress starts to build up in your system and you become anxious from this new venture that befall on your head. Do not fret out. I am here to help you enjoy your blessed Thanksgiving without the fuss of modern life. I compiled here a list of the self-care ideas to help you focus more on enjoying your holiday and being grateful to the lord.
Make a list of helpers
Making a list of guests if you have any is really good. The more the merrier. However, those are guests. They will mostly not help with cleaning preparing food and buying groceries. You should enlist helpers. They can be physical helpers or tools. You can before hand talk to some of your guests and divide the tasks 2 weeks before thanksgiving.
It is always better to do shopping earlier than later. You can also use shopping apps like Instacart or amazon. Don’t try to do everything by yourself and leverage technology for your own wellbeing.
Leftover management
Thanksgiving 2022 is a feast. And like any feast, it will have leftovers. The size of those leftovers can vary from one day worth of meals to a week of Thanksgiving food!!
Thanksgiving food is tasty. However, eating everyday the same food will be a daunting task. With a little bit of imagination, you can retransform your leftovers to new whole dishes. The key word here is new combination:
Fried rice dish: Leftovers turkey meat with fried veggies and rice
Moroccan Tajine made from Thanksgiving side dishes leftovers
Deserts can be consumed as they are or can be mixed with yogurt or you can make even a smoothiefrom them!
So, don t be afraid from thanksgiving leftover. It is a hidden treasure.
Games or activities
Eating Thanksgiving food is tasty. However, what are you going to do after the feast. Have a nap! Or talk about politics! Yikes!
No, you deserve to have the happiest thanksgiving in the world. I am here to make it that way. I would suggest to choose from these few ideas as a starter:
-Board games (Monopoly, scrable)
-Card games(Uno, cards against humanity, )
-Variations of Freezbie games
A movies list to choose with your guests
If all those did not ring a bell with you. Try to build a smash booth! They are fun to build. More fun to destroy! You will have an activity to do together. It is also a great exercise after a heavy meal.
Vegan thanksgiving
Many people are switching to vegetarian or vegan diet. They are many reasons for this trend and they are all respected. The easiest way to do is to switch the Turkey dish with another source of protein such as eggs, beans or potatoes. Many variations of cooking are possible with those as a base for your dish. For examples:
-Air Fryer crispy potatoes
-Eggplant casserole
-Tofu scramble if you love Asian flavors.
The sky is the limit. Be creative and you can discover amazing recipes. Remember also to decrease your meat consumption even if you have a regular diet.
Sleep aid pills
You are now on the last day of your thanksgiving holiday. However, you discover a problem. How are you going to sleep well and wake up early for work tomorrow?
You have been sleeping in for days. Even if you try your best to sleep early, your body won’t. You will be fighting with your pillows and sheets most of the night. Then, you will wake up like the walking dead zombie. Your first day at job will be so bad that your colleagues should stay away form you!
Do not worry, I got you covered. You can use plant-based sleep aid pills. They 100 percent natural ingredients. In this post, I will not recommend any brand. However, you should look for a famous brand and check the list of ingredients. It should contain only plants name and cellulosecapsule.
This way you sleep like a baby. You will wake up refreshed and ready for work after spending your best stress-free Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving 2022 is one of the last holidays for this year. I believe that you should enjoy your holiday in a way that will not put yourself in mental orphysical stress. Holidays are an opportunity to relax our bodies and souls and celebrate religious beliefs and cultural heritage in the healthiest way possible.
