Hello from the in-between days between Christmas and New Year’s Eve! Is your fridge finally un-crowding? Has the lounge room been tidied now, with gifts mostly put away?
We’re playing games, watching movies at odd times of the day, and finishing up the leftover Christmas baking.
And I’ve been reading and writing.
One book that’s caught my attention this holiday has been Oliver Burkeman’s Four Thousand Weeks. The premise of this book is that we have, roughly, four thousand weeks in a lifetime. But what’s really got me thinking is Burkeman’s assertion that things are never, ever going to match the perfection in our minds, so we might as well accept that…and get started. He writes about how it’s better to choose curiosity over worry.
2025 will not be perfect, of course, and everyone has their worries. But it’s a good reframe to approach this year with curiosity instead.
I’ve been thinking about these three questions:
How can I take smaller steps towards my next goal?
What are the everyday things I do that actually make me feel good?
If I had to plan the perfect date with myself, where would I go and what would I do?
This little space of downtime is the perfect week to think about 2025 with some curiosity and joy. Things may not unfold exactly as we want them to, but we can know what we love…and what makes us feel good…and try to do more of that.
I hope you have a beautiful weekend.
Love, Catherine x
P.S. The Fun Stuff!
Four Thousand Weeks might appeal to you if you like to think about how you’re using your time.
I’m loving the look of the jewellery from Mejuri. This ring!
Yum, this Asian-inspired cucumber salad is a ‘need to try now'!
Our favourite game of the holidays….you can play with up to eight people. So fun! The game board is in the photo above today. A tip: it’s from the 1940s and when we were kids on the farm, we played this with pennies, so we went to the Aussie bank and got bags of five cent coins. Way more fun than using game chips. It’s 85 years old now, so it might be a little hard to find, but you can also look for Michigan Rummy.
Santa brought me new runners…let’s see how I go with these in the early mornings of 2025. If you have wider feet, they may work for you. Now on an even better sale here in Australia!