Everyone in the house is busy with their to-do lists in
festive season, be it shopping, cleaning, rearranging and decorating house and
many more tasks to be completed with the biggest festival of the year, Diwali.
For me festivals are the time to enjoy the togetherness and be with family
& friends who make you sparkle from within too.
But many times people become so busy with the preparations
that they forget to enjoy the festival proceedings and concentrate more on the
tasks being performed on time. In this post I share with you all 4 festive
Diwali mantras that can help you enjoy Diwali with an ample time spared to you
to relish the essence of Diwali.
1.
Schedule
Your Tasks: We all are aware of the
famous quote that says ‘Rome was not built in a day’. Tasks cannot be completed
in a single day. So plan your jobs around Diwali way ahead when you are free
and when service providers are also free and quite reasonable. Use your planner
and schedule all your Diwali mails and responsibilities 2-3 weeks before while
giving ample time for each activity.
2.
Delegate
the tasks: ‘Not being perfectionist at last moment’ – this shall be your mantra
when you delegate the tasks. Minimal things don’t matter much, such as if you
want a pattern of Green and Red lights in your front yard, just instruct the
same to Electrician or concerned person and do your own job. Standing there and
instructing each row of light in a particular manner may take toll on you and
your day activities. So delegate,
instruct and move on.
3.
Diwali
Online Gifts: Gifts and their reaching on time for all family and friends can
be cumbersome tasks in metros. While many live distances apart, online shopping
for Diwali gifts can come to your rescue. Visiting each one of them could be
hard in a span of 2-3 weekends, so get help from service providers that offer
gifts of your choice with a personal message attached to it.
4.
Involve
Kids: Kids are more creative these days, few responsibilities can be assigned
to them and see the magic happen. Be it rangoli or the sequence in which Diyas
would be decorated, kids do it with their own style. Don’t correct them, let
their creativity flow and understand their thought behind each activity.
Indulging in such activities kids feel the real essence of Diwali and festivals
bring out best in them too. Appreciate their work and encourage them for
similar activities in future.
I hope these festive mantras will help you finish your
responsibilities in time and give you ample time to spend with family and
friends. Needless to say keep your gadgets away during festivals and capture
the moment in your heart with a smile. If you are looking for true glow this
Diwali, then reading this poetic lines here, they will move you with the
beautiful Diwali message.
We, Meenal & Sonal wish each one of you “Happy &
Prosperous Diwali, may you all find the glow inside out”.
Heartwarming and positive post indeed. Diwali is going to be very different during the new normal however, the in-house preparations will remain the same. Your article is a great guide for all homemakers who need to focus on having fun with the family instead of stressing over the housework. Great pointers, thanks!
ReplyDeleteDiwali is definitely one of the best times to bring families together. My favourite activities of Diwali are rangoli, pujan and eating sweets
ReplyDeleteThis is very informative and useful for all such big occasions in this pandemic situation.
ReplyDeleteI can already feel the Diwali vibes.:) I also believe in delegating tasks and also not waiting till the last minute. Online gifting option is great and has helped me till date.
ReplyDeleteWow looks like you are all set for the festival of lights. Lets hope it's going to be a fun one despite the lockdown and virus haunting us from all sides.
ReplyDeleteDiwali is such an important occassion and festival in Indian culture. Reading your post brought sweet memories of the festivals. The mantras that you have mentioned all hold good for a great Diwali. The fun is of course multiplied when everyone in the family is involved in it, be it shopping, making rangoli, or making sweets and snacks.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing these mantras with us. This mantras definitely going to help all of us to finish our responsibilities in time so that we can spend quality time with family and friends.
ReplyDeleteThanks to pandemic diwali is not going to be the way it's actually celebrated but nevertheless the feel n vibe is always alive.
ReplyDeleteThis is well.detailed and organized and is what we all need to focus on. And also the online gifts is the way to go now
ReplyDeleteI agree that we need to involve everyone and so it become more enjoyable. All four mantra's are must to be followed for happy Diwali
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure how the festival of Diwali would be celebrated this year in a pandemic. Eagerly waiting for a medicine to kick in the festivities 😊
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing these great tips/mantras. This year Diwali will be a different yet special one as people will all be home together unlike the trend of people travelling to resorts and hotels. Also, you have correctly put, we all get busy in the preparations that, many times we tend to forget to celebrate it together.
ReplyDeleteI am sure Diwali will be so different this year. But ya it’s important to get the festivities going especially during these times where it brings joy.
ReplyDeleteI love this festival and do not mind getting completely drenched never ending preparation.. That's the fun of these festivals once they are over you feel void.
ReplyDeleteThis Diwali is going to be little less not on Josh Part but yes on terms of outing and exchanging gifts, due to pandemic, this time I am going to miss to visit friend’s places also on Diwali, but yes your mantras are going to help me alot in managing all the tasks.
ReplyDeleteArchana Srivastava
archusblog
These are great options and I really like the idea of involving kids. Personally I always involve my girls in Diwali preparation. It brings excitement and so much fun.
ReplyDeleteThis Diwali would be different one but the vibes remain same. Diya making and Rangoli with kids is my fav.
ReplyDeleteCelebrating festive seasons together is fun instead of using those holidays for travel. We as a family gather together every Christmas and involve kids in every task possible to make it more fun.
ReplyDeleteThis year Diwali feels so subdued, else by this time we all start cleaning up our home and getting them ready for the big day. It'll be good to enjoy it safely though.
ReplyDeleteYour blog is a such a feel good post. Something to look forward to...Festive cheer. Here's wishing life gets back to normal soon and here's wishing festive greetings to you and your loved one x
ReplyDeleteThese mantras will be helpful to me because I am going to start my Diwali cleaning. Thank you for this post at a very right time. Very much needed.
ReplyDeleteThese mantras are life saving you know. I do follow all of these otherwise I could never manage any festival.
ReplyDeleteThis time Diwali is going to be very different. This is such a lovely post and gets my festive mood up.
ReplyDeleteI know exactly what you mean! Many times we are so busy preparing for the festival that by the time of the actual celebration, one is exhausted!
ReplyDelete