It’s the most wonderful time of the year. The holiday season is upon us. It can get crazy this time of year, but your family and friends will be much better served if you’re relaxed and happy rather than stressed and irritable. It’s important to take time for yourself.
But how do I do that, you ask? There’s the shopping to be done, cookies need to be baked, and the decorations won’t put themselves up.
You need to prioritize, to decide what absolutely has to be done and what you can live without. And whatever you do, you need to put taking care of yourself at the top of the list. Enlist members of your family and even friends to help with the preparations. Maybe get together with your friends and have a cookie swap. That way everyone gets a variety of treats to have for the holidays, but only have to bake one kind. Women especially have a hard time asking for help, but you don’t have to do it all and you don’t have to do it all by yourself.
The memory is selective and most of us will remember only that we had a wonderful time. But we’ll also remember if everyone was tense and cranky. Which memory do you want for yourself and your family?
It’s okay to do less in order to have more…more time for you and your family.
So take the time to schedule an hour at a quiet coffee shop to relax with a specialty coffee and a good book. If that doesn’t work for you, then try sinking into the bathtub for a long, hot soak. Go to bed a half hour early and curl up with a book or just turn out the lights and relax. Play some soothing music or listen to the silence.
The key is to find what works for you. I turn to books when I’m stressed. So if you’re like me and looking for a sexy paranormal read to brighten up your day, be sure to check out Drakon’s Promise, the first book in my Blood of the Drakon series.
May the holiday season find you relaxed, happy, and filled with the holiday spirit!
BLURB: Drakon’s Promise
Darius Varkas is a drakon. He’s neither human nor dragon.
He’s both.
He’s also the target of an ancient order who want to capture all drakons for their blood. When fresh, a drakon’s blood can cure any illness and prolong a human’s life, and the Knights will stop at nothing to get it.
When librarian Sarah Anderson stumbles across a rare book belonging to the Knights of the Dragon, she’s quickly thrust into a dangerous world of secrets and shifters and things she never would have believed possible. When the Knights realize Sarah has a secret of her own, she becomes just as much a target as Darius. Her scary dragon shifter just might be her best chance at survival.
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N.J. Walters is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who has always been a voracious reader, and now she spends her days writing novels of her own. Vampires, werewolves, dragons, time-travelers, seductive handymen, and next-door neighbors with smoldering good looks—all vie for her attention. It’s a tough life, but someone’s got to live it.
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