Giving Magic Space to Breathe

The sigh was both visible and audible through the zoom call. Maggie and I had just finished sharing our weekend updates, and somehow the conversation had drifted to the looming holiday preparations. You know the feeling—that familiar weight of everything that needs to happen: lights to hang, decorations to unbox, spaces to transform. All squeezed into already-packed weekends or rushed through on exhausted weekday evenings.

"Why do we do this to ourselves every year?" I wondered aloud. 

And then, in that beautiful moment when two overwhelmed women dare to dream differently, we had our spark: What if we intentionally created space for the magic instead of cramming it into the margins?

Creating A Twinkle Day

Picture this... a random Tuesday, deliberately carved out from our business to-dos and endless lists. No meetings. No obligations. Just us, our holiday spirit, and the permission to make joy our only agenda.

We giggled like conspirators planning the sweetest rebellion. "Let's start with special coffee," Maggie suggested. "And put on our favorite holiday music from the moment we begin."

As I drove to pick up that carefully chosen coffee treat, the first snowflakes of the season began to dance in the air - light, delicate, melting the moment they touched the ground. But the magic? That was real and lasting.

The universe, it seemed, was conspiring in favor of our twinkle day.

What Happens When You Give Magic Room to Breathe

When you create intentional space for joy - when you stop treating the things that light you up like afterthoughts - everything shifts.

By day's end, neither of us had checked every decoration off our lists. Our homes weren't magazine-perfect. But something better had happened - we had reclaimed the spirit of the season from the tyranny of the task list.

More than a week later, I'm still carrying the energy from that day. When I added more decorations the following weekend, it wasn't from a place of stress or obligation. It was pure inspiration, flowing from the well of joy we'd intentionally filled.

The Ripple Effect of Choosing Magic

Those lights we hung with such intention? They're cutting through the dark winter nights now, offering hope when life feels heavy. Each twinkle is a reminder that we have the power to create the experiences we crave instead of waiting for them to happen around our busy lives.

This is how we keep moving forward - one day, one intentional choice, one twinkle of hope at a time.

Your Permission Slip to Create Magic

What if you gave yourself permission to:

• Schedule joy like it's as important as any meeting
• Protect time for what lights you up instead of squeezing it in
• Create traditions that serve your spirit, not just your expectations
• Choose magic over perfection, every single time

The holidays will happen whether we stress through them or savor them. The decorations will go up eventually. But the feeling we create around these moments? That's entirely up to us.

Your twinkle day doesn't have to be about holidays. It could be a random Wednesday dedicated to organizing your creative space, a Thursday for trying that new recipe, or a Friday for finally reading in that sunny corner you never have time to enjoy.

The question isn't whether you have time for magic. The question is... What magic is waiting for the space to breathe?