I’m a procrastinator. I don’t mean to be. It just seems like so many things come up that the things I know I should be doing get pushed off until the very last minute, and that’s why the holidays can lead to a lot of stress for me.

Because I have a huge family, which includes four sisters and their significant others, my husband and child, six nieces and nephews, parents, grandparents, cousins and in-laws who I will be shopping for, I’ve put the task off until the last possible moment. Aside from the odd present that I’ve picked up here or there, I’m basically at square one and Christmas is only seven days away.

The real Christmas anyway. The first of my family’s three Christmases will actually be held this Saturday, and while I only need to provide gifts for three people, that’s still three more than I have shopped for so far. I know there’s a way to get it all done, I’m just not sure exactly how.