You wrap it up.

Yesterday I learned some important lessons about wrapping paper:

• Never wrap in a cramped space.
• Never buy glittered paper
• Never cut without accurately assessing how much paper you will need.
• Never attempt to wrap a cylinder. 

Otherwise, the result will be:

• Extreme anxiety, uneven cutting, folded tape, and a bad mood.
• Sparkled face, pants, carpet, car, and gift-receivers home....for days.
• Extreme frustration when the paper has an inch gap around the gift.
• A massive smush of paper, suffocated by tape, on both ends of the present.

The proper steps to resolve these issues would be:

• Calmly move to a larger space or adjust surrounding items.
• Embrace the extra dazzle...or vacuum.
• Gently roll up insufficient paper for future use, measure paper, re-cut.
• Switch to the tootsie roll wrapping method.

What felt good in the moment:

• A tornado-spasm-tantrum: sound effects, frightening face, and destroyed paper included.

Sigh, glitter...everywhere.