A Cozy January, January-ish Thoughts + 2025’s Word of the Year
January. Unpopular opinion 🤷🏻♀️ but I like January. Maybe not everything about it … but most of it. I like the slowness of it. After the rush of the holidays, January is rest. January is recovery. There is a calmness to it, a sleepiness to it. Over the past few years I’ve done a better job of accepting it. Sinking into it. Embracing it. Wrapping up in it.
January is one of the only truly cold months in our part of NC and … I love it. I don’t want a long winter. I think that would get depressing. But one month of cold. Yes. I like bundling up to walk the dogs. I like changing into my pjs at 6:30 pm 😂. I like curling up under heavy blankets and reading. I wouldn’t want these things all of the time. But, give them to me for all of January.
Read more about winter, why I like it … and creating a cozy winter home in last January’s article titled “Creating a Cozy + Warm Wintery Home“.
January is also a time to reflect and start anew. And, I’ve always loved that. This year, my word-of-the-year is consistency. Man, oh, man, I almost wish it weren’t. But, my word-of-the-year chooses me … I do not choose it 😂 And, consistency is something I need to work on. In every area, more consistency would bring positive growth and positive change. I know it. Now it’s time to show it. So, consistency it is. I will work on being consistent – in nutrition and fitness, in work, in quiet time and bible study … the list goes on.
Since I’m embracing the cold and the slow in January … a round-up of cozy things seemed appropriate. After all, January is sweater weather and sweater weather is better weather. Ha ha. Okay, maybe I’m taking it too far (lol), but I dooo love a good sweater. And, I do love all things cozy. So … here we go …
some cozy January-ish things …
Links: sconce, faux fur blankets, vases, woven bowl, faux fur pillow, picture frame, recliner chair, rechargeable light, book, stripe sweater, tortoise candle, alpine blankets, beanie, scarf, houndstooth pillow, turtleneck sweater, accent table, cashmere sweatshirt, sweater vest, framed art, turkish towels or shop the full board on LTK
I know that January can feel like a million long years at times. It’s definitely the slowest month of the year. But, there is good in that. Allow it to welcome you in. A winter. A time to pare back. A time to sit in the now while anticipating the spring that’s coming. All of nature needs a season of restoration … and so do we. It has so much good in it for you.
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