I Told My Family That Starting October 20th, I’d Stop Buying Christmas Gifts for Anyone Over 18—Grandkids Only. This Is What Happened

I Told My Family That Starting October 20th, I’d Stop Buying Christmas Gifts for Anyone Over 18—Grandkids Only. This Is What

it felt different.

Change always does, especially when a tradition has been repeated for years.

But different wasn’t necessarily worse.

I found myself paying more attention to what was happening around me instead of mentally checking whether I’d remembered every person on my list. I could sit and enjoy a conversation without wondering whether I should be wrapping something in the next room.

I had more room to be present.

That was the part I hadn’t fully expected when I sent the message in October.

I thought I was changing

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