{"id":1020,"date":"2025-12-10T14:07:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/claudialiebmann.com\/?p=1020"},"modified":"2025-12-10T14:07:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:07:40","slug":"slowing-down-with-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/claudialiebmann.com\/en\/slowing-down-with-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Slowing Down with the Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the holidays approach, everything around us seems to speed up \u2014 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.<\/p>\n

For years now, I\u2019ve felt this growing pull to slow down as we near Christmas and the New Year.<\/strong><\/h5>\n

While I love connecting with friends and family, I don\u2019t crave big parties or packed schedules.<\/p>\n

What I long for instead is quiet time \u2014 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\u2019s covered in snow.<\/p>\n

This season, I want to honor that slower pace \u2014 to let stillness be the celebration, to choose presence over pressure.<\/p>\n

\u2028Stillness isn\u2019t the absence of life \u2014 it\u2019s what lets us actually feel its joy.<\/strong><\/h5>\n

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Last year \u2014 still new to this self-employed thing \u2014 I didn\u2019t really know how to handle it and thought I had to plow on, which didn\u2019t feel right. So I marked my calendar then and there:\u2028 starting mid-December 25 \u2014<\/p>\n

\u201cSlow down. Stillness. Me time.\u201d <\/strong><\/h5>\n

Because I need it.<\/p>\n

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?<\/p>\n

Wherever you find yourself, I hope you give yourself permission to follow the rhythm that feels most true to you.<\/p>\n

Wishing you a peaceful and joyful pre-Christmas season and wonderful holidays! \ud83c\udf84\u2728<\/strong><\/h5>\n

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