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| Akasha and I are not fond of winter (Image by Modern Scribe Photography) |
This is the time of year where I am too cold to think, to move, to do anything good for myself.
I won't drink water, no, water is too cold. Water makes me shiver, and warmed water is boring. Coffee or tea fills that gap instead, something warm and with flavor. Or booze. Alas, too much coffee, booze, and not enough water leads to upset kidneys and urinary tract infections and jitteriness and chapped lips.
Chapped lips! Yes, breaking, cracking, owie lips. I've misplaced my lip balm from Spirit Horse Herbals, and must find something else, and soon. The past few mornings have me waking with the taste of blood from my dried lips...either it's dry lips, or I'm a day-walking, food-eating vampire with a heartbeat. I'm not ruling that out.
Sore muscles...it's just so hard to convince myself to do yoga and stretch and move in a chilly house, when all I want to do is bundle up in too many layers, much less pull myself out of bed.
I'm such a grumpy winter pixie, y'all. Pshew!
I think I need to suck it up and get on with things...so tell me. What do you do to motivate yourself in your dark times and cold nights?
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Most folks think that cleaning or rearranging your space is a good way to get out of a rut. Hmm....
I drink a LOT of hot chocolate, and tend to do crafts that involve getting my hands into something warm -- making candles, knitting, and baking being the biggies.
I also try to do social things that involve getting other people to come to me. (1) It means I have to make sure the house is reasonably tidy, and (2) I don't have to go outside. Both good things when it comes to winter.
Also, the handy thing about being (largely) self-employed (and/or work-from-home employed) is that I actually can time my working hours to the daylight hours. Which makes it much easier to, say, drag myself out of bed in the mornings when it's so freaking dark all the time. :-)
TTFN,
Meliad the Birch Maiden.
Meliad, that sounds awesome! Chocolate is definitely a balm...and as for crafting, maybe that's part of my problem! I haven't had time to bake or create lately, and that tends to gum up my works and make me a crazy person.
I also employ the "come to me" mode often, luring people with beer and food and comfort...mwa ha ha...
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