I’m a few days late in welcoming February. What can I say, it crept up on me. I have no idea where the past month went.
Winter is like that for me. My dad used to refer to it as my ‘blue fog’ (or was it fug?) anyway–I don’t necessarily feel sad or SAD (seasonally-affected) in wintertime, just very passive, very quiet, and very low-key. I suppose that I don’t do much of anything. Like a bear, I hibernate and try to keep warm. Unlike a bear, I do a lot of reading.
I came across something by Doris Lessing today, that seemed to fit my current mood perfectly;
Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.
Quite.
Not to condone laziness, but we don’t all have to be busy-as-bees all the time. It’s nice to take one’s time, to move slowly, to do exactly what one wishes. And to do an awful lot of reading.
I didn’t really set any New Year’s Resolutions as such this year, but I did decide that I should read a book a week. Yes, one book per week. Likely, I was already reading that much and have been since I learned how to read, more or less, but it seemed an obtainable goal, and goal-setting is likely good for me. I’m keeping track of these books in a little reading journal, which my dad gave me when he was visiting this summer. So far, it’s going well. Since this experiment has formalized my reading in a way, I find that it’s helping me choose books that I might not pick up usually–since I’m keeping track of them all, I find that I crave more variety in my reading, and that feels like a good thing.
As for food, I’ve been eating a lot of stir-fry and rice, lots of soups, warm & hearty things. We’ve been eating our way through a great, big red (purple) cabbage, and laughing about our purple-tinted tongues at every meal.
Stay warm, friends. Spring is right around the corner.
Read any good books lately?
love,
meg
slowing down and being lazy is sooo important nowadays with so much stress and things to do. thanks for reminding.
good reading recently was the happiness projectj, very inspiring.