#I want to hibernate and wake up in summertime

[konveeart]

Summary of Art 2024 before NY's?! Crazy!! Happy Holidays~

For the last 4 years (more mindfully and successfully the last two), instead of yearly goals/ resolutions I've been setting "mindsets". Making art is a process of expressing my soul burning bright, with whatever fuels it at the time, so taking care of my body and mind has been essential in keeping the relationship healthy, happy and on the dance floor. I am pretty sure I've noted somewhere what I wanted to do this year project wise (or it was so intense it got printed on my brain), which was finish at least one project and find my answers on what it means to me to "want" and "have to". The latter is still a wip, but more on that on the DW entry under the cut, hehe~

::Quick Summary

January, February, March: Mostly messing around doodling and half-jokingly working on skull-anatomy because I was busy out of my mind studying & working on a long project || April: Project working, moved to my village to focus, played The Sims2 after over a decade, paperwork hell, streaming nights~ || May: Major win!! project finish, Convention Time! || June: Moved out & patiently building energy lvls again.. 🐚 || July: Picked up the pencil & drew a bunch of Sephiroths in my sketchbook, read books, physio </3 || August: Going on a skull-spree!! (also still a wip but I'll learn to draw faces no matter what!!) || September: Chaniartoon Fest, sketches, paintings, wips, making buttons for the first time and as if all weren't enough-- baked banana bread(s) and went off to get the Open Water cert. after so many years (／ˍ・、) || October: drawing for my friends gives me life and is the best thing I've done this month ♥ || November: con prep, back to class while simultaneously working, zine work, dog-sitting!! || December: work, zine, homework, loads loads LOADS of music?! ♥ (((*°▽°*)八(*°▽°*)))

Thank you for a "do-it-scared" year 🌱 Some kind of leap-of-faith on it's own.. ✸ Wishing everyone health & strength to overcome any challenge 2025 has in its sleeve. May you indulge in what makes you happy ♥

Fun facts:

Started reading literature this year. Had a blast (and got blasted, in multiple ways).

In one of my dives (scuba) I threw up in the sea in front of a tourist boat, those that have glass bottoms. No one will forget that at the centre. I got the reputation now.

David Wojciechowski & Victor Fritzsche - Gato was the album that carried me through January - February and you should absolutely give it a listen if you haven't yet, and if you have, listen to it again!!

I wrote a dreamwidth entry with everything I think is relevant (but also might not be). It can be be relatable though, so I'm happy to leave it out there.

[im-always-the-problem-its-me]

first thing upon waking i started talking about how i planned to end it if i had to spend one more year in that other place. i'm out of there thankfully and i can't even imagine going through with that plan now. things are happy here. sometimes things are complicated. i think i make them so. but for the most part this move was the greatest thing i ever did.

i also talked about cannibalism and its eroticism. how absorption of a lover was beautiful and sexy to me.

SO knows i'm weird and loves me for it.

the rest of this holiday season i'm planning on a sort of hibernation. i'm not going to run around hustling or bustling. i'm not planning on attending elaborate family gatherings or going to a lot of events. i want to be at home, nestled, cozy, and reading.

it's been warmer this winter but i hope for the snow i see forecasted for tomorrow. snow makes me feel whole. i can't describe the peace of it. i also love going outside and feeling my lungs tense up and my bones start to ache because of how cold it is. that pain is so much better than the searing pain that the sun does to my skin.

people around here think i'm crazy. 'you'll be tired of it by the end of winter'. they try to curse me. i keep quiet because what's the sense of arguing with old timers? they don't know how i feel. they don't know how I despise summertime. that's fine.

i've got a little over a month to write a few awesome poems for a contest i want to enter. i believe i can do it. i just need to sit down and write.

i haven't heard from a few of the magazines i submitted to after the rejection last month. i know my work isn't what's needed or wanted anymore. but i can't write about politics. i can't write about how important identity is. and i'm definitely not writing about war or genocide.

i see so much online criticism from people if you stay silent on these issues. i kind of want someone to come for me in a sense. i can tell them how genocide is in my blood and that i'm sorry i don't harbor the same white guilt they do when it comes to these issues. it's all triggering to me. i don't make it a point to put 'i'm native american' in bios or anything. people either know, don't know, or they figure it out. it means nothing to me. it's just who i am and my life is mine. it doesn't make me special or above others. i reject all forms of supremacy. and if you ask me, insisting others speak out about everything is its own form of supremacy.

but anyway, blah blah blah.

today will be a good day full of words and christmas movies, plus a trip to the library. i'm going to see what kind of old christmas vinyl they might have.

i'm going to have carbs for breakfast and drink a lot of coffee. i'm going to wrap myself in the new blanket my sister sent me and veg the hell out.

i'm going to be happy doing it too.

[atypical60]

The Summer Solstice 2020 occurred last night.  The longest day of the year.  Luckily, Bonaparte, my son, Roman and I enjoyed a late dinner on the deck with great conversation and food.  I didn’t even have time to be depressed over the fact that beginning today, the days become progressively shorter.

Last night it WAS a table for three. Outdoors. We commenced while the sun was shining and ended when the Big Dipper was in full view!

Yes. That’s how my thought process works.  The most depressing day of the year is the Summer Solstice because the days following grow shorter. On the other hand, my favorite day of the year isn’t Christmas, nor is it Thanksgiving or any holiday—it’s the Winter Solstice.  And that is simply because the days following become longer.

My inner Druid wanted to do a Solstice dance and prance in high hopes we can keep daylight longer all year!

Alas. It is summer!

It’s that time of year again.  And even though we are slowly coming out of the quarantine lockdown, and we may not be out-and-about with the vim and vigor of the past, we still need to remember a certain part of our body that needs some extra love. 

The feet.

Ahhhh.  The feet.  Les Pieds. The Dawgs.  Taken when my feet were well-pedicured I’m missing France very much this summer!  My feet were very happy that day driving to Antibes!

My poor dawgs haven’t had a proper pedicure in over three months.  And my attempts at polishing my toenails have been feeble at best and horrific at worst. But my feet know that I’m trying to give them the love they so deserve. 

My poor feet.  I can’t even apply polish on my toes without making it look like a complete fail!  At least I went with a light pink rather than Big Apple Red!

They haven’t been on vacation due to the pandemic and cancelled travel plans.  They haven’t even been out and about much because my Covid life consists of waking up.  Getting dressed. Getting into the car to drive to work.  Sitting in my cubicle at my computer all day.  Monday through Friday.  Getting back into the car to come home.  Arriving home.  Preparing dinner.  Then going upstairs to relax and it begins again the next day.

I am sure that my feet miss being at the beach as much as I do.  Presently, they miss walking around various areas of the Cote d’Azur.  They miss the cool of the pool.

Today, my feet would have been relaxing by the pool at our apartment in Theoule. I would have been sitting under an umbrella reading a book.  Enjoying the sun.  Instead, ‘m indoors and my feet need some lovin’!

They miss the rocky bottom of the Mediterranean.  They miss the feel of sand between their toes.  And miss the texture of both soft and hard grass under the soles.

The feet miss the sand of L’Estagnol and the rocky bottom of the sea.  

I’ll tell you, there is nothing like well-polished toes and the feeling of freshly-pedicured feet upon the inner soles of sandals!

But the one thing they don’t miss is the feeling of winter feet. 

For sure they are not missing being crammed into tights then into boots!

Yeah. They don’t miss being crammed into my favored pointy-toed heels nor do they miss being squished into boots.  They don’t miss that tightness of heavy socks over them to ensure that the boots worn in frigid conditions will keep them warm. They don’t miss the heavy sock-slippers I traipse around the house in when the winter weather arrives.

Don’t get me wrong. I LOVE my pointy-toed shoes. But–to everything there is a season. And it’s time to Turn, Turn, Turn into summerized footwear!

Now, they are happy.  And they are happy because the summer footwear has been taken out for the season!

My summer uniform. An easy summer dress and Tropezienne sandals!

If you are like me, you realize that summer is the time for dressing freedom.  Freedom from and outerwear and heavy jeans and pants.  It’s that time of year when the lightweight dresses come out of hibernation for the warm three or four months we can enjoy until the days become cool again.

But for now, it’s all about the shoes.  Wearing nothing clunkier than the possibility of the soles of a wedged sandal or open toed one. 

Bring on the summer.  Aren’t these wedges pretty?  Lilly Pultizer definitely has the monopoly on great golden wedges!

The heels are strappy.  The feet are breathing freely.

Hmmmm. Hmmmm.  Strappy heels are so summer-cool!

The sandals are flat and comfortable. And the feet thank you.

My flat and comfy Palm Beach Sandals. This still is from a YouTube video I made on my summer shoes.  Except I had to delete it because I was wearing a short dress and you could see clear up my legs to my origin of the world–and even though I was well-covered, it wasn’t a good thing!

And so, I wanted to take you on a little tour of the shoes I’m wearing  this summer. 

More golden wedges from Lilly Pulitzer.  I don’t know why I’m such a sucker for gold footwear during the summer–but I am!

Be mindful, if you will, that the majority of these shoes have been with me for a while. And I’m not one to go out year after year to replenish anything trendy.

Classic Dr. Scholl’s. I’ve got two pair!

Part of this is sticking to classic footwear styles.

My love for Rondini never ceases.   These custom-fit sandals are worth every euro—converted into USD!  At an average of about $150, I’ve had some of these sandals over 10 years and they haven’t worn out. 

My Rondini Collection.  It WAS supposed to grow this summer…

I was planning on treating myself to these gold leather Bikini sandals from Rondini this summer.  Oh well, there’s always next summer!

The Bikini!  My favorite of all the Rondini sandals. I’ve been wearing these at least three times a week and they look so great with everything. 

The leather, as it ages, becomes softer and achieves a beautiful patina. 

These Tropeziennes by Rondini are over ten years old.  Chippy snacked on a strap years ago.  They were brought back and repaired and are good as new! But the leather ages so beautifully!

There’s no way I can resist a strappy heeled sandal.  I gravitate toward these simple heeled gems because that’s just what they are. Simple and classic. 

A nude strappy heeled sandal is perfection for summer wear..

As is gold!

Flip-flops?  To the beach. But we haven’t been there yet.

Surprisingly, these fancy flip-flops have been with me for about nine years. Old Navy created a winner with these navy beauties.  Beach sandals!

The Great American Jack Rogers and Palm Beach Sandals bring forth the iconic Jackie Kennedy years—and also a standard summertime sandal. 

#gallery-0-5 { margin: auto; } #gallery-0-5 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-0-5 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-0-5 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */

Jacks

Palm Beach Sandals

Shades of Jackie Kennedy.  I, just as Jackie did, prefer the Palm Beach Sandals due to the narrower fit!  But I still dig my Jacks!

My personal preference?  The Palm Beach brand because they fit my narrow feet much better.  The “Jacks” stretch out way too much—and even though the brand does offer some sandals in a narrow width, they still, over time, manage to stretch out across my precious dawgs.

Do I ever wear closed-toe shoes during the summer? 

Well…. rarely.  If I wake up to a deluge of precipitation, perhaps I’ll don a pair of ballet flats, but not my good Repetto’s.

Old-School J. Crew Made-In-Italy Ballet Flats are my preference for nasty summer rains.

And during those weekend downpours, the oldest pair of Weejuns I own. Over 20 years old and still going strong!

And when in the comfort of my home, it’s the bare feet that make me the happiest.

At home I love my feet shoeless. Just like I love my titties braless!

  Do tell.  How do you summarize your feet?  Do you wear the full-on closed-toed shoes?  Are you a sandal fan?  Flip-flops?  Are you itching to get a pedicure when this pandemic subsides?

Tell me about your summer shoes please!!

And most of all—are you sad that the days are getting shorter?

    Pied-a-Fair–The Shoes of Summer The Summer Solstice 2020 occurred last night.  The longest day of the year.  Luckily, Bonaparte, my son, Roman and I enjoyed a late dinner on the deck with great conversation and food. 

[apsbicepstraining]

A Coat Is Just As Heated: 6 Paces To Beating Winter Loneliness This Year

With the holidays upon us, I would be lying if I said I wasnt a little nervous about loneliness.

Last year, I was madly in love during the course of its holiday season.

My ex-girlfriend and I exchanged endows, nuzzled on the sofa and celebrated the holidays amid our own secluded world.

There were few happens we seemed to enjoy more than letting a cold wintertime epoch to serve as an excuse for us to do absolutely nothing.

Unfortunately, that relationship came to an end soon after our first wintertime together.

While I impeded myself busy during the summer, I knew the holiday season would present a challenge.

Dont get me wrong; I adore wintertime hibernation, but there needs to be a balance as cuffing season can be a one-way ticket to loneliness.

Below are six tips-off for combating that loneliness during this winter season.

Work out.

In my experiences, Ive “ve noticed that” people tend to get lazy with their workout number during the winter.

This becomes feel, sincethe pressure to conserve a beach body is eliminated.

However, that lackadaisical approach to ones fitness is a huge mistake.

Considering how easy it is to get lazy in the winter, biding committed to a exercising routine helps me not only looking good, but feel good.

If Im appearing especially lazy on a slow winter period, the consistent aim I adjust for myself — if nothing else — is to kick ass at the gym that day.

Not to mention, it is far more rewarding to cozy up on a sofa after activity than to simply cozy up all the time.

Get outside.

Oddly enough, ambling my hound has learnt me so much about the winter.

My dog is on the older surface, and Ive find summertime weather is also possible borderline paralyzing for her.

However, when it is necessary to wintertime day moves the coldnes has this incredible they are able to stimulate my dog like shes a puppy again.

I used to belief the winter like as a nuisance.

I hesitated to walk outside as I bundled up in mantles, folded my forearms across my chest and fiercely cursed the cold gale attacking my face.

However, the trigger of my pup learnt me a invaluable assignment: Winter is an incredible opportunity to enjoy the outdoors.

One activity Ive come to adore is snowboarding.

To be clear, I am an horrific snowboarder.

However, with the right gear( jacket, snow gasps, gauntlets, hat ), wintertime acts can be exhaustively enjoyable.

Ultimately, when it comes to wintertime, I ever think of the adage, there is please in pain.

Its painful to wake up early, put on snow paraphernalium and trek on a snowboarding trip.

However, once you find yourself slipping down a pristine mountain, inhaling the fresh air as your form runs extra adrenaline, its easy to become addicted to winter age activity.

Party.

As a single being, it borderline infuriates me when all my single friends want to do on a weekend is play video games.

Even if its cold outside, nightlife still exists.

In my eyes , no single humanity ever has a good excuse to miss an opportunity to party, fraternize and have fun on a weekend night.

Of course, every municipality is different, and some of you may live in places that grow ghost municipalities during the winter.

However, I live in New York City. No question how cold it is, you are bound to find beautiful maidens dominating tables across the city.

So, get off your ass, get a drink in you and get out there.

Netflix and Chill the right way.

Outdoor escapades are certainly worth international efforts in the winter, but there will unavoidably be downtime.

When it comes to Netflix, its easy to binge on the same, familiar presents season after season.

However, Netflix offers a asset of under appreciated recreation that strays from instructive and historical to potent and moving.

Some of my favorite masterpieces on Netflix are the documentaries.

And a particularly useful tool for knowing masterpieces on Netflix is Rotten Tomatoes.

Rotten Tomatoes has a tomatometer which you can use to sort Netflix options based on critical reception.

This meter acquainted me to breathtaking films like “Restrepo, ” which chronicled the first-hand knowledge of soldiers exchanging gunfire in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan.

Dont get me wrong; I cherish binging on familiar sitcoms.

But it never injures to throw in the occasional Ted Talk or biographical documentary to lend a little element to a slow wintertime day.

Travel.

In general, it bothers me where individuals tell me to roam because if traveling were a financial possible, don’t you think that’s exactly what I would be doing?

Many of us are not fortunate enough to travel during the holiday season, but even a weekend getaway can serve as a freshening change of gait amid a slow winter.

So, become inspect that old college pal for a weekend in their hometown or sacrifice skiing a shot.

If it’s a alternative, hop on an aircraft and escape the winter for a bit.

Become more of a “yes” man.

Its so easy to fall into the practice of hibernating during the winter.

In the past, I would get invited to innumerable social outings, but I would accept all of them solely due to my negative affiliate with winter.

I didnt want to deal with the coldnes; I preferred to hibernate.

However, the truth was that hibernation without moderation prepared me unhappy.

But in a strange practice, being unfortunate was far easier than building the effort to be happy.

So, take advantage of the biddings you receive this winter.

Whether its the happy hour after act, the impromptu ski trip-up or even the opportunity to scoop some snow with your family, merely get out of your house and get moving.

You wont regret it.

The post A Coat Is Just As Heated: 6 Paces To Beating Winter Loneliness This Year appeared first on apsbicepstraining.com.

from WordPress http://ift.tt/2zqkisl via IFTTT

[victorialynn-blog1]

Hosting Grief.

These days, I wake up cold and naked, like the trees outside that have shed their leaves for winter. And I too am learning to shed the death that is you and I, but some days I rather exist in that half-conscious state in between sleep, where I feel your warm body next to mine. But waking up is a harsh reality, and I’m hit with the fact that you left months ago. And so I slowly go on with my morning, wishing I hadn’t dreamt of you the night before only to find my day-to-day filled with your absence. The longing feels so deep some days, the literal pain it brings is enough for me to want to hibernate all winter. But instead I’m learning to warm the home that is me, with the firewood I have chopped myself from all the trees that died in my yard the day you left. Cutting them down was a gruesome task-- their roots of confusion run so deep. I wonder if they’ll come back next year to haunt me, or if they’ll sprout new revelations that cool my home in the summertime. Either way, I spend my winter days making a bed for grief. Washing the sheets for her stay, lighting all the right candles for her visit, because I know she won’t go anytime soon. And that’s just how it goes. I must learn to invite her into my home, host her with all the broken dishes and glassware I own. “I don’t mind” she tells me, “Are you sure?" I ask. She follows me around all day, attaches herself to every task I complete. I’ve had to learn to befriend her, she’s become like an extra limb on my body. And over time she will have been my longest visitor yet, who didn’t leave at the sight of my tears or the anger in my voice. She sits in my dark spaces and welcomes the ebbs and flows of my deep emotions. Maybe she’s the only thing I need to host this winter. Stop pretending I need to fix my house, tidy up the inside, forcefully patch up the open wounds. The trees in my yard will learn to sprout with time. The birds will come back in the Spring like they know how to every year. Flowers will eventually bloom in the barren places. Everything in nature will be restored to what once was. And I, well I know I won’t ever be the same. But grief is teaching me a new way of living and being. And for now, I’ll let her stay.

[apsbicepstraining]

A Coat Is Just As Heated: 6 Paces To Beating Winter Loneliness This Year

With the holidays upon us, I would be lying if I said I wasnt a little nervous about loneliness.

Last year, I was madly in love during the course of its holiday season.

My ex-girlfriend and I exchanged endows, nuzzled on the sofa and celebrated the holidays amid our own secluded world.

There were few happens we seemed to enjoy more than letting a cold wintertime epoch to serve as an excuse for us to do absolutely nothing.

Unfortunately, that relationship came to an end soon after our first wintertime together.

While I impeded myself busy during the summer, I knew the holiday season would present a challenge.

Dont get me wrong; I adore wintertime hibernation, but there needs to be a balance as cuffing season can be a one-way ticket to loneliness.

Below are six tips-off for combating that loneliness during this winter season.

Work out.

In my experiences, Ive “ve noticed that” people tend to get lazy with their workout number during the winter.

This becomes feel, sincethe pressure to conserve a beach body is eliminated.

However, that lackadaisical approach to ones fitness is a huge mistake.

Considering how easy it is to get lazy in the winter, biding committed to a exercising routine helps me not only looking good, but feel good.

If Im appearing especially lazy on a slow winter period, the consistent aim I adjust for myself — if nothing else — is to kick ass at the gym that day.

Not to mention, it is far more rewarding to cozy up on a sofa after activity than to simply cozy up all the time.

Get outside.

Oddly enough, ambling my hound has learnt me so much about the winter.

My dog is on the older surface, and Ive find summertime weather is also possible borderline paralyzing for her.

However, when it is necessary to wintertime day moves the coldnes has this incredible they are able to stimulate my dog like shes a puppy again.

I used to belief the winter like as a nuisance.

I hesitated to walk outside as I bundled up in mantles, folded my forearms across my chest and fiercely cursed the cold gale attacking my face.

However, the trigger of my pup learnt me a invaluable assignment: Winter is an incredible opportunity to enjoy the outdoors.

One activity Ive come to adore is snowboarding.

To be clear, I am an horrific snowboarder.

However, with the right gear( jacket, snow gasps, gauntlets, hat ), wintertime acts can be exhaustively enjoyable.

Ultimately, when it comes to wintertime, I ever think of the adage, there is please in pain.

Its painful to wake up early, put on snow paraphernalium and trek on a snowboarding trip.

However, once you find yourself slipping down a pristine mountain, inhaling the fresh air as your form runs extra adrenaline, its easy to become addicted to winter age activity.

Party.

As a single being, it borderline infuriates me when all my single friends want to do on a weekend is play video games.

Even if its cold outside, nightlife still exists.

In my eyes , no single humanity ever has a good excuse to miss an opportunity to party, fraternize and have fun on a weekend night.

Of course, every municipality is different, and some of you may live in places that grow ghost municipalities during the winter.

However, I live in New York City. No question how cold it is, you are bound to find beautiful maidens dominating tables across the city.

So, get off your ass, get a drink in you and get out there.

Netflix and Chill the right way.

Outdoor escapades are certainly worth international efforts in the winter, but there will unavoidably be downtime.

When it comes to Netflix, its easy to binge on the same, familiar presents season after season.

However, Netflix offers a asset of under appreciated recreation that strays from instructive and historical to potent and moving.

Some of my favorite masterpieces on Netflix are the documentaries.

And a particularly useful tool for knowing masterpieces on Netflix is Rotten Tomatoes.

Rotten Tomatoes has a tomatometer which you can use to sort Netflix options based on critical reception.

This meter acquainted me to breathtaking films like “Restrepo, ” which chronicled the first-hand knowledge of soldiers exchanging gunfire in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan.

Dont get me wrong; I cherish binging on familiar sitcoms.

But it never injures to throw in the occasional Ted Talk or biographical documentary to lend a little element to a slow wintertime day.

Travel.

In general, it bothers me where individuals tell me to roam because if traveling were a financial possible, don’t you think that’s exactly what I would be doing?

Many of us are not fortunate enough to travel during the holiday season, but even a weekend getaway can serve as a freshening change of gait amid a slow winter.

So, become inspect that old college pal for a weekend in their hometown or sacrifice skiing a shot.

If it’s a alternative, hop on an aircraft and escape the winter for a bit.

Become more of a “yes” man.

Its so easy to fall into the practice of hibernating during the winter.

In the past, I would get invited to innumerable social outings, but I would accept all of them solely due to my negative affiliate with winter.

I didnt want to deal with the coldnes; I preferred to hibernate.

However, the truth was that hibernation without moderation prepared me unhappy.

But in a strange practice, being unfortunate was far easier than building the effort to be happy.

So, take advantage of the biddings you receive this winter.

Whether its the happy hour after act, the impromptu ski trip-up or even the opportunity to scoop some snow with your family, merely get out of your house and get moving.

You wont regret it.

The post A Coat Is Just As Heated: 6 Paces To Beating Winter Loneliness This Year appeared first on apsbicepstraining.com.

from WordPress http://ift.tt/2zqkisl via IFTTT

[apsbicepstraining]

A Coat Is Just As Heated: 6 Paces To Beating Winter Loneliness This Year

With the holidays upon us, I would be lying if I said I wasnt a little nervous about loneliness.

Last year, I was madly in love during the course of its holiday season.

My ex-girlfriend and I exchanged endows, nuzzled on the sofa and celebrated the holidays amid our own secluded world.

There were few happens we seemed to enjoy more than letting a cold wintertime epoch to serve as an excuse for us to do absolutely nothing.

Unfortunately, that relationship came to an end soon after our first wintertime together.

While I impeded myself busy during the summer, I knew the holiday season would present a challenge.

Dont get me wrong; I adore wintertime hibernation, but there needs to be a balance as cuffing season can be a one-way ticket to loneliness.

Below are six tips-off for combating that loneliness during this winter season.

Work out.

In my experiences, Ive “ve noticed that” people tend to get lazy with their workout number during the winter.

This becomes feel, sincethe pressure to conserve a beach body is eliminated.

However, that lackadaisical approach to ones fitness is a huge mistake.

Considering how easy it is to get lazy in the winter, biding committed to a exercising routine helps me not only looking good, but feel good.

If Im appearing especially lazy on a slow winter period, the consistent aim I adjust for myself — if nothing else — is to kick ass at the gym that day.

Not to mention, it is far more rewarding to cozy up on a sofa after activity than to simply cozy up all the time.

Get outside.

Oddly enough, ambling my hound has learnt me so much about the winter.

My dog is on the older surface, and Ive find summertime weather is also possible borderline paralyzing for her.

However, when it is necessary to wintertime day moves the coldnes has this incredible they are able to stimulate my dog like shes a puppy again.

I used to belief the winter like as a nuisance.

I hesitated to walk outside as I bundled up in mantles, folded my forearms across my chest and fiercely cursed the cold gale attacking my face.

However, the trigger of my pup learnt me a invaluable assignment: Winter is an incredible opportunity to enjoy the outdoors.

One activity Ive come to adore is snowboarding.

To be clear, I am an horrific snowboarder.

However, with the right gear( jacket, snow gasps, gauntlets, hat ), wintertime acts can be exhaustively enjoyable.

Ultimately, when it comes to wintertime, I ever think of the adage, there is please in pain.

Its painful to wake up early, put on snow paraphernalium and trek on a snowboarding trip.

However, once you find yourself slipping down a pristine mountain, inhaling the fresh air as your form runs extra adrenaline, its easy to become addicted to winter age activity.

Party.

As a single being, it borderline infuriates me when all my single friends want to do on a weekend is play video games.

Even if its cold outside, nightlife still exists.

In my eyes , no single humanity ever has a good excuse to miss an opportunity to party, fraternize and have fun on a weekend night.

Of course, every municipality is different, and some of you may live in places that grow ghost municipalities during the winter.

However, I live in New York City. No question how cold it is, you are bound to find beautiful maidens dominating tables across the city.

So, get off your ass, get a drink in you and get out there.

Netflix and Chill the right way.

Outdoor escapades are certainly worth international efforts in the winter, but there will unavoidably be downtime.

When it comes to Netflix, its easy to binge on the same, familiar presents season after season.

However, Netflix offers a asset of under appreciated recreation that strays from instructive and historical to potent and moving.

Some of my favorite masterpieces on Netflix are the documentaries.

And a particularly useful tool for knowing masterpieces on Netflix is Rotten Tomatoes.

Rotten Tomatoes has a tomatometer which you can use to sort Netflix options based on critical reception.

This meter acquainted me to breathtaking films like “Restrepo, ” which chronicled the first-hand knowledge of soldiers exchanging gunfire in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan.

Dont get me wrong; I cherish binging on familiar sitcoms.

But it never injures to throw in the occasional Ted Talk or biographical documentary to lend a little element to a slow wintertime day.

Travel.

In general, it bothers me where individuals tell me to roam because if traveling were a financial possible, don’t you think that’s exactly what I would be doing?

Many of us are not fortunate enough to travel during the holiday season, but even a weekend getaway can serve as a freshening change of gait amid a slow winter.

So, become inspect that old college pal for a weekend in their hometown or sacrifice skiing a shot.

If it’s a alternative, hop on an aircraft and escape the winter for a bit.

Become more of a “yes” man.

Its so easy to fall into the practice of hibernating during the winter.

In the past, I would get invited to innumerable social outings, but I would accept all of them solely due to my negative affiliate with winter.

I didnt want to deal with the coldnes; I preferred to hibernate.

However, the truth was that hibernation without moderation prepared me unhappy.

But in a strange practice, being unfortunate was far easier than building the effort to be happy.

So, take advantage of the biddings you receive this winter.

Whether its the happy hour after act, the impromptu ski trip-up or even the opportunity to scoop some snow with your family, merely get out of your house and get moving.

You wont regret it.

The post A Coat Is Just As Heated: 6 Paces To Beating Winter Loneliness This Year appeared first on apsbicepstraining.com.

from WordPress http://ift.tt/2zqkisl via IFTTT