The Art
of Embracing the Seasons

Last year, I realised that my life was just flying by. I didn’t spend any time marvelling at how the seasons change, how the mood changes and how I change with it. Sometimes I wondered if this is it – will my life be like this for years to come? It felt dull and even though it’s hard to admit, all too often it felt wasted. To my own frustration, I also realised that my work as a media designer didn’t always fill me with joy. I forgot that as a self-employed person, I also need a balance that gives me happiness. But what fills me with joy? Cooking and baking, fashion and creativity, not forgetting nature and gardening. I only have 5 square metres of space on my balcony – but even on the smallest square metre you can let something blossom and bloom yourself along the way.

What I’ve always missed and sometimes still fail at today is consciously going about each day. Deciding everyday how I can use my precious time so that I don’t feel like I’ve wasted it. However, I truly believe that with conscious reflection you can plan for your life to be beautiful. We just have to stop running on autopilot sometimes, pause, listen and then adjust our course. This is why I want to devote more time on living with the seasons. To consciously realise that every day the sun shines a little longer, that the rain gets a little warmer and that life is slowly but surely awakening from its winter slumber.

Finding the small joys in everyday life is not always easy and yet I invite you to join me on my journey. And it really is a journey, because I definitely haven’t figured everything out myself. I am still learning and maybe I can inspire you to live with the seasons as well – instead of against our internal clock. Day by day and season by season.

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