All I Want for Christmas | December 2020 Love Note

It's December. As in the last month of the year. *insert wide eyed emoji* This has been the slowest-fastest year ever, y’all. I feel like the pandemic has been going on for decade, but also, "2020 is nearly over?" Weird. Do y’all feel the same?

But here we are, nearly a year into this thing. I launched this community back in January, and look at how we've grown together. Love, Maaden: The Podcast has been rocking out for two seasons, and the episodes have just been getting better and better every week. I have learned so much from my conversations with Tennille, our guests, and from you -- the LM community.

I'm also proud to say that I've been super consistent with these monthly Love Notes *pats self on back*, and with bringing y'all that good content. Whether it’s been recipes and honest product reviews, infographics, well-being practices, or mindfulness and self-care activities, I have made it my business to summarize and share what I believe is the most beneficial information for this community! And it is so incredibly gratifying to see you all appreciate and share my work. Thank you. 

Besides all the content I've been creating, I have also been working diligently behind the scenes on my 2021 offerings. (It’s shaping up to be pretty amazing!) Still, while Love, Maaden takes up a good chunk of my time and energy, it’s only a fraction of all that I have going on. I work a full time job that, while flexible, is quite demanding. I am the mother of a busy toddler who needs me. I'm a wife. I'm a daughter. I'm a leader in my community. I have a home to manage, a business to run, and a family and community to love and engage with, and somewhere in there... there's me.

I'm sure most of you will be nodding in agreement when I say that it’s really easy for us to fall off of our own to-do list. That being said, I have set some clear priorities for myself for the month of December. Ever the extrovert, I am finding that even though I desperately craved in-person community earlier on in the pandemic, lately I've been needing the opposite. Don't get me wrong I miss my friends, and going out, but lately I have desired time solely to myself. I find myself having a taste for rest and solitude, even within my own home. So that's whats going on my Christmas wish list... lots of joy and celebration, with a big helping of "me time" to go along with it. 

If this resonates with you, check out my graphic of my December priorities below and take what you need. Even if it doesn’t, I pray that you make the time to determine what it is that you do need in this coming season, and then make that happen.

Until the new year, Happy December, Happy Holidays, and happy everything! 

Love,
Maaden