November Bucket List: Tune into darkness and learning habits
In November, we (finally!) begin getting into the Christmas spirit with the decorating, non-toxic cleaning, and shifting our mindset toward Christmas.
For more Christmas-time ideas and inspiration, remember to sign up for my free Natural Christmas Letters starting at the beginning of November.
November is the time for creating soft, natural habits at home. Grab a book to learn new skills instead of lying in front of the TV screen or scrolling in the evening. Keep up the habit of cleaning a bit every day to keep the home clean naturally.
I have gathered for you natural lifestyle inspiration in seasonal bucket lists that I am publishing monthly. You can join the email list below to get them in your inbox when they are published, or read here the ones that have already been published:
- July: Natural living bucket list
- August: How to live more naturally this month
- September: Natural Ways to Welcome Autumn
Clean naturally for holidays
Using natural soaps like Marseille or Castile soap, lemon, baking soda, and vinegar, you can clean basically the whole home.
Use a weekly cleaning schedule to make it easier. Just 1% better (or cleaner) every day is the easiest way to make cleaning into a natural habit than to let things pile up and create stress.
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Steep tea in a teapot
Relax and enjoy the chilly weather with a hot teapot where you have steeped your herbal tea or loose-leaf tea.
Sipping tea throughout the day balances your energy naturally without huge spikes up and down like with energy drinks (or even coffee or sweets!).
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Learn and reinforce skills
The wintertime is the most underrated time and underused (is that a word?) time what comes into studying.
If the weather is, well, not so lovely, it is the best time to catch up on any learning you have put on hold during the summer. I have dived already into piles of herb and tea books, and plenty of interesting mindset and organizing books are waiting for their turn. I will be sharing the most intriguing ones with you in the upcoming newsletters, for sure!
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Dry citrus slices
Use natural materials to create beauty. During the wintertime, rely on dried fauna and use some dried moss between the windows, craft with pine cones, or dry citrus slices for a garland or to decorate your Christmas gifts with them.
More natural gift inspiration in the upcoming Natural Christmas Letters, subscribe here.
Cook and bake with root vegetables
Nordics tend to use plenty of root vegetables in any form and dish you can imagine.
Carrot cakes we all know, but add them to your bread dough too to give color and flavour to enjoy the carrot bread with some hearty soups.
Dance in the rain
The weather might not be the best, but sometimes it’s better just to embrace the seasonal lifestyle.
Make sure you have comfortable gear for what’s coming. And jumping in the puddles is more fun when you have your rubber boots on!
Bake coffee cakes
Simple, minimalist cakes that are called coffee cakes are the thing in the wintertime. Nothing too fussy, just the perfect flavours and textures. This November, I will be sharing a lovely spiced coffee cake recipe that has the most beautiful cardamom and cinnamon flavours and is dreamy soft. It goes perfectly with some homemade spiced coffee , too!
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What goes on your seasonal bucket list?
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