Hello September! Journal with me
I don't speak Swedish, but I use Google translate to read Elsa Billgren's daily blog. I'm taking inspiration from one of her latest entries to jot down a list of reflections on how I want the autumnal months to look for me. Feel free to use the same questions to investigate your own outlook on the coming season... seasonal journalling is such a treat.
Want to leave behind:
Worries and burdens unrelated to my most inner family circle. Self-doubt!
Three focus areas for autumn:
Showering my newborn baby girl with love, taking care of myself, staying close to Pier.
Showering my newborn baby girl with love, taking care of myself, staying close to Pier.
Things I want to find:
Anything that makes a new parent's life easier! Comfy shoes to go for pram walks.
Anything that makes a new parent's life easier! Comfy shoes to go for pram walks.
Things I want to tinker with at home:
We just finished a round or renovation, so most big jobs have been done. Minor adjustments include: hanging pictures, new and old; finding new curtains for the living/dining room, hanging curtains back up in the bedroom; browsing for a large rug to go under the sofa.
Places I want to hang out:
My bed! The sofa, and my immediate neighbourhood. I want to feel safe and cosy during the first months of motherhood. Also, Villa's parks when they are wearing their best reds and oranges. In front of my in-laws' smoky fireplace.
My bed! The sofa, and my immediate neighbourhood. I want to feel safe and cosy during the first months of motherhood. Also, Villa's parks when they are wearing their best reds and oranges. In front of my in-laws' smoky fireplace.
This is what I want to radiate in terms of appearance:
Comfort with confidence. I want to pull off a relaxed and comfy mom look. There will come a time for more elaborate clothing, for now I'm looking forward to ease of movement.
Comfort with confidence. I want to pull off a relaxed and comfy mom look. There will come a time for more elaborate clothing, for now I'm looking forward to ease of movement.
Clothes I want to wear:
Black leggings, long socks, soft sweaters and knitwear, cool sneakers.
Black leggings, long socks, soft sweaters and knitwear, cool sneakers.
Make-up/hair/styling:
Make-up will be minimal as usual: mascara for brows and lashes, a bit of dark eye liner, and that's it. Hair need a trimming, but nothing serious, will be mostly worn down, with natural waves, or up in a ponytail.
Make-up will be minimal as usual: mascara for brows and lashes, a bit of dark eye liner, and that's it. Hair need a trimming, but nothing serious, will be mostly worn down, with natural waves, or up in a ponytail.
Shopping list:
2-in-1 washing machine and dryer to help us stay on top with baby laundry; large tv with good audio for all the family movie nights to come; extra large rug in natural fibre to slip under the sofa and make it more comfortable for baby to play; autumn appropriate curtains for the living room to go up instead of the linen ones we have now; baby clothes!
2-in-1 washing machine and dryer to help us stay on top with baby laundry; large tv with good audio for all the family movie nights to come; extra large rug in natural fibre to slip under the sofa and make it more comfortable for baby to play; autumn appropriate curtains for the living room to go up instead of the linen ones we have now; baby clothes!
Keywords for me as a *career woman*:
Time to pause doing and activate feeling. Come spring time you'll know what to do.
Should focus on:
Cultivating inner peace, an anchor to keep me grounded when upheaval strikes (it always does, that's just life). Leaning into my feelings.
Cultivating inner peace, an anchor to keep me grounded when upheaval strikes (it always does, that's just life). Leaning into my feelings.
Will do less of:
Wasting precious energy on what's not essential.
Wasting precious energy on what's not essential.
Take on/dare to do:
Re-learning to drive! It's been eighteen years...
Re-learning to drive! It's been eighteen years...
Want to learn:
Post-natal fitness. How to go back to being a strong human safely and effectively.
Post-natal fitness. How to go back to being a strong human safely and effectively.
Want to cook:
Savoury pies; autumn lasagna with squash and provola / radicchio, walnuts and gorgonzola; French pear and frangipane tart; a very good apple cake.
Want to listen to:
My baby's tiny sounds.
My baby's tiny sounds.
Want to read:
Need to finish Valerie Perrin's Fresh Water for Flowers and Katherine May's Enchantment. Want to start Lucy Jones' Matrescence.
Need to finish Valerie Perrin's Fresh Water for Flowers and Katherine May's Enchantment. Want to start Lucy Jones' Matrescence.
Want to watch:
The new Downton Abbey movie! But I'll have to wait another year for that...
The new Downton Abbey movie! But I'll have to wait another year for that...
Want to spend less time on:
Making up my mind about everything and anything. Speedy decisions are a blessing.
Making up my mind about everything and anything. Speedy decisions are a blessing.
Something I need in relationships to feel good:
Talking to each other often, tenderness and forgiveness.
Talking to each other often, tenderness and forgiveness.
Relationships I want to focus on:
With my partner, my baby, myself, my friends.
With my partner, my baby, myself, my friends.
I want to get better at:
Doing what I say I'd do.
Doing what I say I'd do.
Three key words for my health:
Patience, trust, softness.
Patience, trust, softness.
5 things for my mental health:
Surrounding myself with the people I will be spending my future with, gentle movement.
Surrounding myself with the people I will be spending my future with, gentle movement.
5 things for my physical health:
Postpartum recovery, walking, and, when I'm ready, some tailored exercising to strengthen my abs and back. I will look for a licensed postpartum trainer to help me get back into fighting mode.
Happy Autumn,
Sinù xx
Postpartum recovery, walking, and, when I'm ready, some tailored exercising to strengthen my abs and back. I will look for a licensed postpartum trainer to help me get back into fighting mode.
Happy Autumn,
Sinù xx
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I also read Elsa's blog, she's a doll
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