“List Elf Strikes Again” by Sarah Noffke

This Christmas season, I’ve decided to do something a little different. I’ve invited 24 authors to share some of their favorite things about the holidays. I hope you enjoy the 24 days of Christmas countdown with “These are a few of my Favorite Things.” Enjoy! ~Casey Hays

*Be sure to look for a GIVEWAY at the end of each segment.*

 

“List Elf Strikes Again”

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Some of you may feel somewhat organized this holiday season. You’re shopping is already done, due to the handy-dandy lists that you ever so carefully scribed, completed and then filed away.  Some of you may have been fooled into believing you were on top of everything. You proudly plopped down in your favorite chair and put your feet up as you marveled at your achievements all wrapped, cleaned, or perfectly baking in the oven. But what’s this? A crinkled piece of paper poking you in the back between the seat cushions? You reach down to figure out what your spouse lost out of their pockets this time, and to your horror you realize it is an uncompleted list. It is the forgotten list; the lost list, the one that holds the cheer of the holiday season in the balance! The questions now start shooting through your mind: “Is there time to finish the long-forgotten list?” “Even if there was, would you want to interrupt the peace you welcomed and were experiencing?” “Does Aunt Cindy really need a present this year?” and “Eggnog? No one really wants that at parties anymore, do they?”

Stop. Take a breath.

Some of you are probably not having the above nightmare. For those of you who have been hit by the list elf, there is support. Try remembering that the chores and errands that really needed to be completed didn’t need a reminder and they’re most likely already done. Think of that lost list as the optional one you can complete if allotted enough time and energy. We tend to spend too much of our precious energy planning, and lose our imagination to our own compulsive organization. Now there’s the positive spin we’ve been looking for all along! When you remember something you forgot to do, you can be certain that the tasks you completed were given more of the creative thoughtfulness that can only happen in neglect of a smaller task.

If you’re not buying this, then it’s probably better that you scoop yourself out of the chair and rush off to the store for a mixing bowl for Aunt Cindy.

…and don’t forget the eggnog.

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Sarah Noffke writes YA and NA sci-fi fantasy and is the author of the Lucidites, Reverians, Ren and Vagabond Circus series. She holds a Masters of Management and teaches college business courses. Most of her students have no idea that she toils away her hours crafting fictional characters. Noffke’s books are top rated and best-sellers on Kindle. Currently, she has eleven novels published. Her books are available in paperback, audio and in Spanish and Italian.

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