We started our Calm The Chaos 4-week series on Monday night! We’re walking through my framework for intentionally creating the December that you want.
I’ve been feeling into my December theme this past week and came up with “warmth”.
Watching The Family Stone movie really got me in that warm holiday vibe.
I just love the feel of that house and the kitchen, specifically.
When I went to grab images of the kitchen for my Pinterest holiday vibes mood board I found that I really didn’t like it at all. It’s cluttered and there really isn’t anything in it that I’d like to replicate.
That got me to thinking…it’s not the material “thing”, or the event, or the <arguably> perfect meal…I mean MAYBE it’s the perfect meal. No really. It’s not.
It’s the FEELING that you create around it. I want to sit down in that kitchen with Diane Keaton (RIP) and a cup of coffee from her precious coffee pot and just BE there. It’s the warm feeling that the family creates that makes it feel appealing. They are not perfect by any means. That creates warmth too. And that cluttered kitchen. Not perfect. That doesn’t matter either. It’s the felt sense of warmth that calls to me.
So how to create warmth? That’s what I want in December.
I am looking to my 5 senses:
I love images. Looking at a collection of images that say “warmth” creates the feeling for me. And then I can express warmth to others.
I have some “winter warmth” essential oil diffuser recipes I’m rotating.
Hot chocolate is going to be my winter go-to warm treat.
I have a few blankets and cashmere sweaters that give that “warm” texture. And I got a super soft rug for beside my bed.
I have a few playlists on Spotify that make me feel like I’m nestled up on an old lived-in velvet couch in a NYC coffee shop with brick walls that are 200 years old sipping rich thick hot chocolate and watching it snow. Ahhhh that’s warmth. Cozy Christmas Jazz & Cozy Coffee Shop.
I’m also considering activities and places that give me a sense of warmth.
Stepping outside last night and watching the snow fall in the street light gave me the ultimate sense of warmth. And sitting here on the bed looking out at the way the snow clings to the trees feels SO warm.
The goal is to FEEL a sense of warmth on the inside. I first have to create it within, and then I can express it.
Others can feel it…whatever it is that you’re feeling. They feel it. I want it to be warmth that they feel this December.
What’s your December vibe? You’re creating one. Might as well do it on purpose.
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