A colder climate has arrived and although I'm always much more cheerful in the warmer months, I always feel a lot of love for November and December. Having said that I can't lie, currently sniffling and feeling a little groggy this morning as I sip my coffee, I'm disgruntled that the clocks went back and I woke at 6am. We will get through though and here's how I'm hoping to...
Eat all the food
Summer has my heart but the comfort of food during this time of year is like none other and, with sharing a joint birthday with my partner later this month comes huge excitement about what special meals we want to eat, where we want to go etc. Food is a huge part of our lives and I wouldn't have it any other way because it's how we express love and gratitude.
Here's some things I'm planning to devour in plentiful this season: smoked salmon cream cheese bagels, brandy cream...with every pudding, roast potatoes and a fuck load of stuffing, cranberry sauce, white Terry's chocolate oranges, avocado on toast, Biscoff porridge, cheese and crackers, camembert!!
More time offline
I'm always torn between how much time I want to spend online and some days I deeply struggle to let my phone slip from grasp. Doom scrolling. Wondering why I installed Facebook on my phone again and obsessing over recipes I want to recreate from Tiktok but probably never will. Twitter we're good, but Instagram is still on my mind frequently. Wanting to find a balance between sharing my life and knowing what's too much. I'm working on it and I'm getting there, but in terms of spending time offline, that's something I absolutely want to do more of because my life, my real life is too important. I already have decent boundaries in place at times but they pretty easily subside when the mood strikes. I don't want that pattern to continue.
This season though, with the last two months of 2021 left (HOW?!), I want to cosy up, settle in and hide my phone after dinner in particular. I want to shield myself from some things and protect my peace. To leave my phone at home on occasion, stowing it away for entire mornings and, enjoying the season I love offline. Replying to super important messages, communicating with those I value most, but ditching social media on occasion in an attempt to fall back in love with a season so pretty. Remembering that not every calm, special moment needs to turn into a picture shared on Instagram.
More dates
This year at times I've felt my relationship begin to struggle as the world opened its arms back up. We've carried on living as though we were in lockdown for quite some time after it ended and, it's been a bit sad for us to be truthful. In recent weeks after this honest discussion and realisation, we've put ourselves back out in the world more. We've gone out for brunch dates, been shopping together, made real plans and are even going away together soon. We have a gig booked for our birthdays too, and it's honestly so lovely to have something to look forward to once more. A reason to feel excited and a reason to dress up. Basically, we've become too comfortable expecting each other to be home all of the time and watching each other live in the same pjs for days on end. We are young though and we need to start living it. Going for walks. Being spontaneous. Laughing lots. Loving each other. Just being more.
Plan something fun for next year
Following on from date nights, I want to plan something to look forward to next year. Whether that's a full blown holiday, a weekend away with mum, or travelling to see friends we've missed so much. I want life going forward to move a little faster now. To move forward from my COVID worries and to live with a new lease of life. A sense of freedom and fun.
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