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sugar cookies



I can feel myself sinking to the rhythm of shorter days and longer nights. Resting my head longer and taking my day one step at a time. These days I find more candles lit about my space and warm mugs of chocolate mint tea.

Just the other day I made sugar cookies. Cookie cutters are just one of the many items I have been without and so within my errands a snowflake and an evergreen made their way into the basket. Within the rolling and cutting I decided a circle might be fun too and repurposed a canning jar lid, then imprinted the dough with the bottom of a cut glass cup for texture. Let's just say I still have some work to do on those ones, but really love where it is going. I feel accomplished in this small task. Baking was something my family did a lot of in the colder months and it brings me joy to continue it in my own space.

It took repurposing my time in a small way and I was able to do something I enjoyed. If only I would do this more. Living with the season dose not mean I can't spend time doing activities I find fun. It means - stop watching television and scrolling mindlessly through instagram and get up and do that thing you keep telling yourself you like to do (that was mostly for me, but feel free to apply it to your own situation if you so choose to).

As December is closing, and so to the calendar year, I am eager to rest up and reset myself. Not reinvent - I like who I am. The winter is a quiet season in which I have the flexibility to draw and paint, read a book, journal, or bake some cookies. Within my simple pass-times I hope to reflect and appreciate life and be inspired to introduce new healthy rhythms and habits. I don't want to only make cookies at Christmas time when I have the ability to do so every day of the year.



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