Man oh man I am so unbelievably STOKED for cold weather!!
I have always been a huge fan of being snuggly warm in scarves, and boots, mittens, fuzzy warm thigh high socks ahhh!! I’ve never been a huge fan of the heat in the summer, god knows I love everything else but when it gets way too hot I can’t cut it. I get swollen, and sweat like crazy so it’s useless wearing make up, and I’m sensitive to the sun so I can’t sit in it too long without getting skin irritations so its not my favorite time of the year. Honestly my all time favorite is Autumn. When the leaves are falling, but it’s not too cold yet. It’s crisp and the air starts to smell like Halloween. I also am a huge fan of spring, I love the smells of the flowers blooming it’s so beautiful all the cherry blossoms! I don’t enjoy the snow. I love the look of it, but I don’t like the fact that it’s wet and very cold. I am an April baby, my star sign is Taurus. So I love to stay home, I love to cook, and I LOVE to cuddle up with tea and a blanket with comfy ASF socks on.
My body doesn’t respond well to the cold weather and I’m in constant pain but I have reached a point where I’m no longer very depressed about it. Of course I have my days, but my head space is inevitably like “whatever I can’t change it, I wont allow it to bring me down, and control my mental health too.” That’s something that I can control, my reaction, the way I cope, and choose to handle my pain. I am able to make sure that I take care of myself mentally because it makes it easier. I can take it how it is, I can choose to smile and enjoy my days. I don’t need to let it make me into an unable, sad, lump on a log. I can take it like a champ, do the things I need to do to get through to the other side, and tell myself that it’s not forever, it is going to go away, and with patience I will make it.
Everything is temporary in life. One of the main things that’s helped me stay clean, despite all of these issues, is telling myself things are temporary. Sadly the happy times are as well, but they come back. We wont be sad forever, we wont be sick forever, we wont be in one mood forever. If you can make it through, you will get there again. The trick is finding what brings you there and do it more often. Make note of the things that work for you, and do them as often as possible. Hobbies, and self care. Making sure you are doing things for you. I am notorious for starting hobbies and never finishing, or getting bored and tossing it aside, so I’ve made a habit of making sure that I finish things that I start because it’s important. If you’re constantly leaving things unfinished you get lazy. I eventually have a bunch of unfinished projects. So when I started to get things done, I felt so much better because I had sense of accomplishment. It was important to me, it gave me confidence.
The longer I stay clean the happier I get, I have more confidence like the weather being colder. I feel more able to stay mentally healthy when it comes to my health, yes I am going to go through alot of pain, alot of days will consist of me being fed up but I can say with confidence that I can do it. I’m keeping my head high, one day at a time, and with that I hope you all enjoy your cozy sweater weather.