The silly season is upon us, and with it comes the familiar pressure to do it all, be everywhere, and somehow maintain your wellness routine while juggling parties, shopping, family gatherings, and end of year deadlines.
But here's the truth: you don't have to choose between enjoying the festive season and taking care of yourself. The secret isn't doing more. It's choosing simple.
Why Simple Wins During the Silly Season
When life gets hectic, complexity becomes your enemy. The elaborate skincare routine you love in quieter months? It's the first thing to fall away when you're rushing out the door. The perfectly planned meal prep? Abandoned when unexpected events fill your calendar.
This is exactly when simple, sustainable habits become your greatest asset. They're the ones that stick when everything else feels chaotic.
Streamline Your Low Tox Routine
Your wellness routine doesn't need to be complicated to be effective. In fact, the silly season is the perfect time to strip back to the essentials that truly matter.
Focus on the non negotiables:
- A natural deodorant that works (and travels well)
- Clean skincare basics: cleanser, moisturiser, SPF
- Hydration and sleep (the unsexy but essential foundations)
- Movement that feels good, not punishing
Everything else? It can wait until January (or flick the complicated altogether). And that's perfectly okay.
Make Intentional Choices About Your Time
The silly season brings an avalanche of invitations, obligations, and opportunities. You'll be asked to attend events, buy gifts, volunteer, host, and show up in countless ways.
Here's your permission slip: you don't have to say yes to everything.
Ask yourself:
- Does this align with what I actually want for this season?
- Will this energise me or drain me?
- Am I saying yes out of obligation or genuine desire?
Choosing simple means protecting your time and energy for what truly matters to you, not what you think you "should" be doing.
Simplify Your Festive Choices
The pressure to create the perfect festive season can be overwhelming. Perfect decorations, perfect gifts, perfect meals, perfect everything.
But perfection isn't the goal. Presence is.
Try these simple swaps:
- Instead of elaborate gift shopping, choose thoughtful, quality items (like natural wellness products that show you care about their health or homemade goodies)
- Rather than hosting a complicated dinner, opt for a simple grazing spread or potluck
- Skip the Pinterest perfect decorations and choose a few meaningful touches
- Replace obligatory catch ups with genuine connections with people who fill your cup
Keep Your Wellness Habits Portable
The silly season often means being away from home, whether it's travelling, staying with family, or simply being out more than usual.
This is where simple, portable wellness essentials become invaluable. A travel sized natural deodorant in your bag means you're covered no matter where the day takes you. A reusable water bottle keeps you hydrated without relying on plastic. Simple habits that travel with you.
Give Yourself Grace
Here's the most important part: you're going to have days when even "simple" feels like too much. Days when you eat the Christmas cookies, skip the workout, stay up too late, or say yes to something you wish you'd declined.
That's not failure. That's being human during a genuinely busy time of year.
Choosing simple isn't about perfection. It's about making intentional choices most of the time, and being kind to yourself when you don't.
What Choosing Simple Looks Like
Choosing simple this silly season might mean:
- Keeping your natural deodorant and lip balm in your bag so you're always prepared
- Saying no to events that don't genuinely excite you
- Buying fewer, better gifts instead of ticking boxes
- Prioritising sleep over late night scrolling
- Choosing water over another glass of wine (sometimes)
- Taking five minutes to breathe instead of rushing to the next thing
- Sticking with your low tox essentials even when life gets chaotic
The Bottom Line
The silly season doesn't have to mean sacrificing your wellness or your sanity. When you choose simple in your routines, your commitments, and your expectations, you create space to actually enjoy this time of year.
You don't need to do it all. You just need to do what matters, with intention and without overwhelm.
So this festive season, give yourself permission to keep it simple. Your future self will thank you.