If you're already feeling that odd pressure of too much - too early decorations, too many things to think about now that the holidays are nearly here, too many lists and things to consider, I invite you take a break, relax for a few minutes and let's figure out together how OK things really are.
Too much to catch up
When I was in college, I corresponded with friends with letters. Snail mail was the only kind of mail there was, and I loved seeing a handwritten envelope waiting for me in my little postal box in the student center.
I was better at receiving than sending mail. I would start a letter with the best of intentions, then new things would happen and situations would change, and what I'd begun no longer applied in the same way. So I'd begin again. Or recompose in my head. If a month or two went by, there was so much to catch up on that the whole task became daunting. Intellectually I knew I could jump in anywhere, but emotionally I wanted my friends to have the whole story.
This still happens to me. Papers, correspondence, dishes, clothes - things can go from just fine and practically organized to "too much to catch up" in one or two days.
I solve this by jumping in, not worrying about what's already passed. Once I begin, tasks that had grown Everest-sized in my mind are easy to complete and don't take as long as I thought they would. I'm re-energized and everything is indeed OK.
I've also learned (about a million times) not to wait until it's perfect. I'm so close to having everything ready on a new website that I can share with you with a pretty new email design to match. But it's not yet ready, so this interim "designed by me the non-designer" will be more than OK.
Try this right now with one thing you've been putting off that's grown large and overwhelming in your mind. Figure out the first small step you can take, set your timer for five minutes, begin, and feel your energy surge. Ahhh. Everything is OK.