Hello sweet friends, Happy November!
This month, I plan to fully embrace the winding down of autumn and cherish it as it is so fleeting each year. It feels like a final embrace before winter and the holidays.
We are already almost halfway through this month and it is hard to believe that soon it’ll be time to decorate for Christmas. But none of that is happening here in my house, I hold onto autumn for as long as possible and do not decorate for the holidays early. Which I know by social media standards makes me a bit of a Grinch. I just find the rhythms of autumn so comforting, the pace is different, and the world feels softer, through crisp breezes, dancing leaves, and the warm hues of the light that peaks through clouds. It suits how I like to live.
November is so often skipped and overlooked which makes me a bit sad. I find it such a gorgeous month. Maybe because where I am this is when the leaves really burst in color and change which is late, the weather calls for many layers, the nights are quite cold and perfect for a fire or a turn-on of your heating.
How I’ve been feeling this month: I feel I am slipping into some burnout if I am honest. I have really felt the weight of things recently. I am craving some changes. Which I often do as we get closer to a new year.
- I feel called to step back from being present on social media and not post.
- I feel this big pull to maybe pause my library science classes in the winter and do creative classes instead. I am thinking of taking watercolor and illustration classes.
- I want to sink into reading my books even more without sharing about them on IG and enjoy them for me.
- I want to clear out my closet and get rid of clothing that no longer feels like something I want to wear.
- I want to make my home as cozy as possible and make it feel less like a white box. Apartments can feel so impersonal. I am thinking of wallpapering a wall eek wish me luck lol.
- I want to cut my hair even shorter like the photo above. My hair isn’t much longer than that length now but I love the “French bob” movement right now.
- I’d love to get another tattoo or add to one I have already.
Even with these changes that I want to pursue and make one thing that is bringing me a lot of joy and peace right now is writing on here. It feels like a cozy and soft place. Where I can share my heart and my words. I am sending you all my love
Stay Cozy,
M
Whimsy & Willow 