Gosh this is so relatable. One main thing, and to be honest this is the first time I feel like I am actually doing this, is to not set myself up to fight the season. For me this primarily comes down to hike related stuff, where last winter I was trying to train a ton for a spring hike and doing so made me super resentful of winter — as if the season was icy and snowy and freezing at me lol. I hated that feeling! So this year I am pivoting away from that and instead trying to stay in the flow of the season by asking myself: What is winter a good time for?
For me it's a wonderful time to do two of my favorite things: read and bake. I love to be cozy, tucked up in a blanket near the wood stove with a cup of tea, reading for hours. I'm not as inclined to do that in the summer (when I'd rather be out playing in the forest and mountains), so this is the season for that (especially since it's dark by like 4:30pm here right now). Baking is hard in the hot months too, because I live in a 175-year-old house with no central AC that gets hottttt, and turning on the oven is just out of the question. Similarly, my favorite types of things to cook are autumn and winter meals: soups, curries, baked pasta, etc. so I lean into doing more of the cooking for me and my partner than I do in the summer.
Gosh this is so relatable. One main thing, and to be honest this is the first time I feel like I am actually doing this, is to not set myself up to fight the season. For me this primarily comes down to hike related stuff, where last winter I was trying to train a ton for a spring hike and doing so made me super resentful of winter — as if the season was icy and snowy and freezing at me lol. I hated that feeling! So this year I am pivoting away from that and instead trying to stay in the flow of the season by asking myself: What is winter a good time for?
For me it's a wonderful time to do two of my favorite things: read and bake. I love to be cozy, tucked up in a blanket near the wood stove with a cup of tea, reading for hours. I'm not as inclined to do that in the summer (when I'd rather be out playing in the forest and mountains), so this is the season for that (especially since it's dark by like 4:30pm here right now). Baking is hard in the hot months too, because I live in a 175-year-old house with no central AC that gets hottttt, and turning on the oven is just out of the question. Similarly, my favorite types of things to cook are autumn and winter meals: soups, curries, baked pasta, etc. so I lean into doing more of the cooking for me and my partner than I do in the summer.