. . . when it still feels like this outside:
Ways I am trying to make it feel like fall:
1- Wearing a plaid shirt (very light material, sleeves rolled up).
2- Eating pumpkin bread (as previously discussed, I am not a PSL drinker, but find an oat milk cappuccino plus Sbux pumpkin bread to be *chef’s kiss*)
3- Embracing planner launch season! Do I need more planners? No! Is it totally fun to see all the launches? YES. Sprouted just did a video launch, new Powersheets are out, and Jetpens has all sorts of interesting options to peruse — check out this Midori Gradation Diary!
I am controlling myself for the most part but I have a few items on the way to me for review (and likely eventual giveaway as I definitely cannot use all of them!)
4- Noticing even TINY positive changes in the weather. Is it still hot? Absolutely. Did we have another massive September afternoon storm yesterday? Yes, we did! But for a few moments after the storm I noticed that it was almost . . coolish? It was 77F at 6 pm with a slight breeze and felt amazing. (Side benefit to all the storms is that sometimes soccer practice gets canceled and I’m not terribly sad when this happens, especially on Wednesday night which is a night when everyone else is home. Cozy!)
5- Thinking about Halloween and looking around at others’ fall decor. (Putting up my own? Let’s not get crazy. I’m not very good at “decor” as a concept, in general.)
6- Getting settled into a productive rhythm. This is kind of a churn-it-out season, so working hard feels right. I may be less jazzed about pumping out words and chapters during Reflection Season (which . . I will be, so hopefully I can get my head around that!). Anyway, getting as much as I can done now feels right.
7- Finding some fall recipes! Fall is the best cooking season, AMIRIGHT? You can roast things even if it’s still roasting outside, and apple pie even tastes good when it’s thundering outside (especially if it’s a la mode). I use PrepDIsh a lot but I think I will try to really focus on fall flavors for our Sunday dinners.
8- Pumpkin beer. I mean, why not? I haven’t had any alcohol in weeks (too stressed + haven’t been out?) but a pumpkin beer with the right spice profile would be fun.
9- Fall mani/pedi. I lost most of a toenail recently so it seems like a reasonable time to cover it up with darker polish, right? Lindsey Scribbles is a planner-focused YouTuber and she always has the best nails (like in this video).
10- Fall scents. I am craving a classy-smelling fall candle. Recommendations welcome. (Looking forward to the traditional candle-naming game in this year’s Girl Next Door Fall Extravaganza/Falliday episode!)
11- READING. BONUS #11, I am craving reading again. And it goes so well with many of the other items on this list! Nothing sounds cozier than combining a good book with a candle and some pumpkin bread!
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I just lost 20 minutes to watching planner videos and it was amazing!
I’m so excited for the Sprouted launch. I especially love the peony cover <3
Fellow Floridian here, also looking for ways to feel fall-ish. I do the fall candle thing too, and my most recent favorite is Agatha’s Mysteries (as in Agatha Christie) from Etsy seller From the Page. I also bought Anne’s Octobers for my best friend, a fellow Anne of Green Gables fan.
I can’t wait for the Girl Next Door Fall Extravaganza–I listened to last year’s on your recommendation and I’ve continued to listen to the podcast since then. So much fun.
It’s been unseasonably warm in Minnesota. We’ve had highs in the mid-80s and it’s been humid. If it wasn’t humid I wouldn’t mind it but I am over sweating constantly! But it will cool off next week and I am ready for that!! I just want cooler weather by the time the marathon rolls around in October. My coworker is coming in to run his first marathon here and I want him to have cool, crisp temps! But I don’t want what comes after fall so I should probably embrace the heat while I can.
I did make chili on Monday even though it was so hot out. Sometimes you just have to ignore the weather and lean into the season!
We are having ongoing summer weather, so I’m trying to balance savoring every last minute against my desire for cooler temperatures and fall clothing options. I did make some pumpkin bread/muffins this week, which was fun! (I’m not much into PSLs either.)
Oh this is a lovely list. I’m in a place which definitely is more autumnal but I’ve been trying to embrace fall as a way of not dreading winter. My son and I are enjoying the crunch of leaves under our tires on the way to school, and being able to see the moon and stars before bedtime, etc. I also love, love, love seeing the leaves changing. I need to start burning candles during my workday, using my SAD lamp, and taking my vitamin D.
I’m definitely in a churn-it-out season and today hit the “I have too much to do so I can’t do anything” and instead of (too much) internet stalling, went through a random box of toys in my son’s room and sent some calendar invites. I feel like fall is a good declutter time, particularly as we have a big zero waste event and donations are very happily received. I volunteer at the event and take some pride in the fact that things I donate are very rarely leftover at the end.
Remember the grass is always greener…here in Texas same lows but highs in the 90s (and not cooling off in the evening). I miss Fall so much, love this list of ideas!
Rough!!!! Yeah we do NOT get the highs that TX does, really ever!! Maybe a day or two in high 90s but it’s more like low 80/high 92/very humid/routine storms for many days on end. The super high highs would be tough!
We like to celebrate fall by purchasing large garish Halloween decorations (think inflatable evil clown that is 8 ft tall and cackles), scaring the delivery people, and thanking god we don’t belong to an HOA. YMMV