As the holidays approach, everything around us seems to speed up — calendars fill, stores buzz, and to-do lists grow longer. Yet when I look outside, nature is doing the exact opposite. The days are shorter, the air quieter, the world softening into stillness.
For years now, I’ve felt this growing pull to slow down as we near Christmas and the New Year.
While I love connecting with friends and family, I don’t crave big parties or packed schedules.
What I long for instead is quiet time — simple, joyful moments, meaningful conversations, and hopefully even a blanket of snow to remind us that rest is part of the rhythm of life. I love how the world seems to soften and become more peaceful when it’s covered in snow.
This season, I want to honor that slower pace — to let stillness be the celebration, to choose presence over pressure.
Stillness isn’t the absence of life — it’s what lets us actually feel its joy.
Last year — still new to this self-employed thing — I didn’t really know how to handle it and thought I had to plow on, which didn’t feel right. So I marked my calendar then and there: starting mid-December 25 —
“Slow down. Stillness. Me time.”
Because I need it.
How are you feeling in this time? Do you feel the same tug to slow down, or does the energy of the season lift you up in a different way?
Wherever you find yourself, I hope you give yourself permission to follow the rhythm that feels most true to you.
Wishing you a peaceful and joyful pre-Christmas season and wonderful holidays! 🎄✨