You have my sympathy, SS! We have another week here in the US to enjoy Daylight Savings Time, but our turn is coming, all too soon.... I am hoping that over the next several months that a decision is finally made on the part of our legislators that we go to Daylight Savings Time permanently when we make the switch in March 2023, so that we can just be done with this nonsense.
Ahh yes, today is the reason I like November and January the least in the year (Xmas festivities alleviate somewhat December) sun sets in 15 minutes or so and now I will be leaving work in the dark. 😡
Regarding the retro love for pen, paper and other old school writing implements I must say that my director would agree with you. He writes very nicely and always writes notes for work instructions and uses a journal to keep track of work and personal dates. We chipped in and got him a Montblanc fountain pen for his birthday which he greatly appreciates and uses.
I on the other hand bless the digital age as my handwriting has always been, to say the least, subpar. Even worse is over 4 years ago I had to have my index and middle finger of my right hand amputated - and I am right-handed. I have largely adapted but have a more difficult time to write - I can write slowly with my right hand (as to sign documents) and despite practice can't learn to write left-handed. So thank goodness and human ingenuity for computers and smartphones. But I still admire handwritten documents and paper books.
We had a mixture of rain and sun. So still managed a walk.
But yes no fan of going to and from work in the dark everyday. I have enough reasons to hate November and December. At least by January the days start to get longer.
Nope Xmas is the worst. Always enjoy December 26th. As far as you can get away from one of the most depressing days of the year.
Agreed.
I hear you.
I also have reasons to hate December (yesterday, I realized that I really miss my mother, - certainly, as she was before dementia claimed her mind, memory and marbles - that lively, lovely, funny, fiercely intelligent woman with whom I laughed and talked endlessly, miss being able to chat with her, tease her, talk things through with her, laugh with her, discuss books, politics and plays...)
And I have always detested November and January.
Not a fan of Christmas either.
Unfortunately no one lets you choose to just ignore it. People expect you to participate in it all. But we won’t so much as send or open a card. It’s just another day. I’ll probably garden or work if the weather is crap.
Last night, the clocks went back, heralding what is probably the single most depressing day of the year for me, as I know that the light (and the length of the day) will take four more months before it returns to what it was yesterday (a day of veritable downpours, granted).
It is so interesting to read what you all posted. I understand the points you make, I really do. But here is what I think (clocks went back where I am from as well):
I have been looking forward to this day for the past few weeks. And not because the weekend is an hour longer, you get to sleep in for a week or because you get to go to bed an hour later (until your inner clock starts to adjust). No.
I love Autumn and Winter for the mood it creates.
I enjoy September, it is the time when the summer starts to fade out. Then the first colder days appear and it gets rainier. Everything calms down somehow.
October just amplifies this mood. Rough weather, where you can feel nature around you. It ends with Halloween.
In November it then gets even colder. And darker. Everything slows down. You stay inside more, in your warm apartment. Enjoying Tea and some cookies with a good book. Warm and good food. An idea of Christmas is in the air. But first there is Thanksgiving. Another holiday to look forward to (apart from the sad consumerism it brings with it...).
In December, once Thanksgiving is over, the Christmas time officially starts (it started way earlier for me, but now its official). The 4 weeks preceding Christmas are my favourite weeks of the year. Everything kind of comes to an end. Not a single thought spend on the next year until New Years Eve is over. The cities are decorated. People are in a hurry to get everything prepared. And with the sun setting at around 4pm and rising at around 9am it feels like the world is covered in a huge blanked. Warm and cozy.
I love being in the gym, just loosing myself on the treadmill while it is raining outside and I watch the cars go by.
Or when you have one of those productive days in the office, when everything just flows, you listen to some jazz or Christmas music and it starts to get darker outside (this is happening as I am writing this comment, though I could be more productive I reckon haha).
I love reading Harry Potter and sitting outside watching people go by. Feeling the cold air on my hands and face. Maybe even spoil myself to one of those overpriced coffees to go every once in a while.
I could go on for a few more paragraphs...
January to March are a mess though. The mood that I love so much vanishes after New Years. It is just a depressing time where I look forward to the next Christmas
😛.
Would love to hear your thoughts. Can you relate in any way?
