15 - What First Grade Can Teach Us About Christmas - SEASON FINALE

This is the last episode of the season! Thank you so much for all your support. We will be back on the podcast with the very first episode of season 2 on January 13th, but until then I will still be hanging out on Instagram every so often.

In elementary school my teachers had this poster on the wall that said “Everything I need to know, I learned in Kindergarten.” I think I only got a tenth of the way through it, because there were just so many words on it, but today I applied that same message to episode 15 as I talked about how I applied 1st grade lessons to Christmas. Here is a spoiler: you deserve to enjoy Christmas too.

Here are the top 3 tips:

1. Edit Down to the Most important

Remember when you (or your kids) tried to learn how to write? This point is based on that (fun) experience.

2. There is a difference between a want and a need

Stick to the needs - appreciate the wants.

3. There is a difference between a fact and an opinion

Don’t let other’s opinions of what you “should” do control your happiness.

The Create Joy challenge for the next few weeks it to do what you need to do to have the best Holiday Season ever - your way.

Thank you

Thank you again for all of your support and love as we wrap up Season 1 of the podcast. It has been so fun to spend this time with you and to be a part of a growing community. I appreciate you more than I have the words to describe.