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[quote=Anonymous]Let’s talk about how I might be “low effort” in my family.

What do I mean?

It hit me that we don’t have a lot of traditions of family gatherings. In my own family, in my extended family. If we are together, we’re happy, friendly, creative, but it’s low pressure.

Reading the comments of this video—
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1EdRAhCccV/

—I see that people don’t think low-effort families are fun.

I have considered pouring my heart into big parties and events for holidays, but I also see it as unnecessary pressure. What should we have a tradition we HAVE to do at Christmas, at Halloween? It just means when life gets crazy (one of us parents getting hit by stomach flu), there’s that much more disappointment. Or also the pressure of “having” to do a big celebration that the work of preparing it adds to the work of life. It’s like one more way to stress out my family.

I get jealous of my friends that can pull this stuff off (streamers and balloons on the first and last days of school; annual specific gatherings that are extra/beyond regular Christmas dinner; a birthday week with like 17 different major events/gifts)

But I can’t do it, so im “low effort.”[/quote]

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