Treat Yo’Self & More: Four Ways to Navigate this Winter

We feel this dog’s mood

It’s been a year unlike any other. And with further restrictions coming into place, the challenge now for many of us is finding a way to maintain an even keel over the next few weeks.

Over the summer, making plans and getting dates in the diary proved to be an excellent antidote to pandemic blues. Even better, we had the promise of long evenings and warmer weather to sustain us as we adapted to socialising outdoors and at a distance.

But with IRL meetings off the table for the moment and the brighter evenings fading out, can we recreate that sense of excitement and differentiation throughout our weeks?

Embrace the Winter

If like me the idea of darker evenings and colder weather makes you shudder, hear me out. While summer promises endless hours to get out and about, winter brings with it its own opportunities. Much has been written about the Scandinavian approach to making the most of their winter amidst the challenge of short daylight hours. And given their expertise in dealing with the winter season with aplomb, it’s worth considering. In short, recent coverage has highlighted three simple ways to bring some levity into the winter. Firstly, reports extol the importance of getting outside (in the appropriate gear naturally). Be that a fantastic fake fur, or a cosy…