Blue Monday?
Not round here.
🥶Blue Monday? Fuck off. I’ve got a ton of reasons why this day is a GOOD one. Yes I know January is cold and crap and nobody has any money. BUT STILL! I’m not having it. Here are some JOY DROPS for your Blue Monday 👇
1) For the approximately 130k people doing dry January this year, they’ve just got to the good bit. Their glucose levels are stabilising and their cholesterol is down. Adrenaline and cortisol have already balanced out. Skin hydration is improving. If this is you, congratulations. If this is your mate, tell them well done. And if you’re tempted, you can make TODAY your day 1. 👏
2) The sun sets after 4pm today (4.23pm to be precise.) Daffs are on sale for a quid in my local shop. I swear the birds are getting louder in the mornings. I have had my first hot cross bun. There will soon be lambs in the fields near where I walk my dog (for any farmers reading: he’s on a lead!) Spring is coming. We’ve got a while to wait, but it’s coming. 🐑
3) The news isn’t completely depressing. It mostly is, but not completely. A friend sent me a round up of the positives of 2024. We’ve eliminated some diseases and made huge leaps in others. Renewable energy is becoming unstoppable. Life is hard, but it’s not all bleak. 🌈
4) There are more AF (alcohol free) options for us sober curious folk than ever before - I’m showcasing some in my Stories this week. For anyone dabbling in less booze and more balance, it’s a glorious time. For anyone going to a wedding this year, you’ll be spoiled for choice. There is huge innovation by small, smart brands and we should be trying and testing and willing them to succeed. DM me if you want my free handout of the best of the bunch.
5) Ok. I’m not super human. I can’t think of a 5th. But I want YOUR help. DM me (here or on social) the JOY you’ve found this week. The thing that made you smile. The glimmer in the gloom. I’ll share them on social, and perhaps we can start a tiny little wave of positivity that can grow and grow as we go through the year. 2025 can be GREAT 👍
Quite hard to find the positives when the great orange blimp returns (I left him out on purpose) but seeing this comment was a DELIGHT. I’ll dig out my list for you but right now Botivo and Mother Root are my sophisticated January drinks (no sugary crap here please) and I’m also *that person* who makes her own Kombucha.
Love this! Thank you for your smile and for those January Monday joy drops. I’m loving how my resolutions haven’t disintegrated with the alcohol-induced permissions-to-lapse that I think are self kindness but become later fuel to self hate.
Yes please to receiving your AF Best Of. Martini Vibrante gets me through the summer (thanks to you); I’ve been experimenting with mocktail herb syrups and Oggs fake egg whites for sours; and I love a Lucky Saint, Punk AF or Ghost Ship, me.
Happy Blue Monday, Anna! Love that smile! xx