The size of families varies and the number
of gifts we buy varies as well. This may be a great tip for you or it may just
be a little bit over the top. If it is, apologies; however, our organising
community is varied, so it is important to help and support everyone.
I have a friend who likes to wrap all her
presents Christmas Eve so this may not apply to you at all. I prefer to get my
sleep Christmas Eve, so I like to have my gifts wrapped early.
I have created what I refer to as a “gift
wrapping zone” in our house. It is all set up and ready this time of year with
sticky tape, wrapping paper, bags, ribbons, pens and gift cards.
Having the gift wrapping station (zone)
means I can use pockets of time to get on top of all my gift wrapping. If I
have a spare five minutes, I can get a few gifts wrapped in that time. It keeps
it all in one area of the house, which means I am not impacting on others in
the house.
In addition, I have my master gift check
list. This is where I have the names of people I am purchasing gifts for and
what present ideas I have. I then write what I actually purchased. This allows
me for next year to know what I got them so that I don’t double up but also
helps me when I am trying to think of gifts. Some of the gift ideas may be
suitable for others, some of the gifts ideas I can extend on.
This master gift list gives me a report on what shopping and gifts I have completed and what
I still need to do.
This is another example of “chunking” in
action.
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