A Seasonal Shift
Image: The Wildwood Moth
I need to manifest a seasonal shift. Away from panic and towards restoration.
I’m jealous of people who love Autumn. Who welcome the change of weather and the coziness of it all. For me, it’s always been a season of dread. I feel like I’m bracing myself - for the school year, for winter, for the **Christmas season** … oh god help me, I’m already spiralling. Experience has taught me that autumn is fraught with anxiety and exists only to make you stronger and better prepared for the apocalypse.
And so far, this September proven itself to be as wicked as ever.
Maybe I need to change the narrative. Is it possible that all of the season’s shittiness cafme in the first few weeks and the rest will be easier? Maybe the tides are turning. Maybe this is the first year that autumn will bring coziness and comfort. One can only hope.
An autumn wish list:
A healthy and happy family
More music, more candles
All things navy
A solo weekend away
Have a good weekend.
Happy Fourth of July!
I hope your weekend includes swimming
and fishing and catching turtles
and laughing
and taking walks
and watching fireworks
and eating s’mores
and smacking mosquitos.
Go Deeper
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You’re not supposed to be happy all the time. Life hurts and it’s hard. Not because you’re doing it wrong, but because it hurts for everybody. Don’t avoid the pain. You need it. It’s meant for you. Be still with it, let it come, let it go, let it leave you with the fuel you’ll burn to get your word done on this earth.
- excerpt from Untamed by Glennon Doyle
