Ways To Shake The Winter Blues

It’s that beautiful time of year again. Full of splendid festivities, sweet spirits, & cozy days. Yet despite my best efforts I have already begun to feel my annual winter blues sneaking up on me. Every year I fight & every year I fail to avoid them. This year I am more dedicated than ever to escape this temporary gloom. From what I understand this happens to many people. So I’ve made a list of things I love that I could do more often in order to shake the blues. Perhaps it will serve useful to some of you as well.  It may spark some ideas for your own list of joy because there really are a billion reasons to be happy. Here is mine.

-Learn new songs on the ukulele

-Cross stitch

-Snow shoe

-Rewatch my favorite movies

-Yoga

-Make a snow angel

-Surprise someone I love with a small gift

-Work on my book list

-Clean out my closet

-Run, run, run

-Paint

-Rock climb

-Update my music library

-Make a map of all my favorite hikes in Utah

-Build a snowman

-Go upside down once a day

-Organize photographs