Epic Holiday Fails

I'm gonna hazard a guess that I'm not the only one who has them, so hopefully this post will be of use to a few of you.

In a long list of holiday 'get to dos' was "make pizelles". For those of you who are not familiar they are light and beautiful Italian cookies. This fall my 13 year old flew across the country with her grandpa and drove all the way home with treasures from her great-great-uncle Joe's estate. Ever since, we've been on a bit of a pizelle rush. When I say "we" I mean we eat them, and she makes them. Well today she went shopping with a friend so the making was on me...
 

As the above picture reveals the making did not go so well. I actually bailed after attempt number 6 at pressing them and have passed the task onto her for when she gets home. 

I'll lay out the model below, but in essence it's not the perfection that makes the holidays special, it's the journey, the memories, and most importantly the intention. Whatever your holiday fail I encourage you to have a good laugh, make it the best story you can. Make it one your kids will giggle at for years to come, and your friends and followers with take respite in, because it makes them realize how human you are in your lack of perfection. Instead of telling a story of stress and disaster, tell one of humanness and hope.

 

"The Model"- a Brooke Castillo process, with an Amanda Kingsley twist...

SITUATION
- Pizelle 'FAIL'

THOUGHT ABOUT THE SITUATION
- “What a waste of time. Why do I suck at this?”


THE FEELING THIS THOUGHT TRIGGERS
- Frustration


THE ACTION TAKEN FROM THIS FEELING
- Throw in the towel.


THE RESULT OF THIS ACTION
- I feel like a failure and have no pizelles.
 

ASK (Is this in alignment with my WHY?)
-No

 

The Model applied for realignment: 

SAME SITUATION
- Pizelle 'FAIL'

NEW THOUGHT ABOUT THE SAME SITUATION
- “How lucky am I to have a teen who is a pizelle pro. It was a valiant mommy effort, but it's time to pass the torch back to the pro. We don't have to be good at everything."


THE NEW FEELING THIS THOUGHT TRIGGERS
- Relief


THE NEW ACTION TAKEN FROM THIS FEELING
- Pass on the job, and move to the next one.


THE RESULT
- Pizelle's will be made and I move on to what I'm good at- blogging.


ASK (Is this in alignment with my WHY?)
-YES!

WIN!

Send me a message about your holiday fail and how you were able to reframe the mess into an empowered giggle. 

Believing in you,

For those who like to listen,
 

I read to you, so you can multi-task:
laundry, driving, lunch, or just plain chilling...