Marie Museenkuss survival guide for the dark months
move body every day (Pilates, flexibility, yoga, dancing tutorials on YouTube — to keep my body warm and happy and my spirit entertained)
one lunch/shopping/other date with friends a week (to make sure I’m not sinking into self-isolation, to exchange words, thoughts and concepts, to laugh together)
1h of reading a day (to keep myself inspired)
one good film a week (to keep myself inspired visually, to starve off the bottomless scrolling spiral)
one outing a week (Museum, cinema, reading, anything to get out of the house and remember that there is more than darkness, sludge and dread. Also to spend time with myself (or friends/family?) and appreciate the opportunities that going to new places and seeing new things/people give me)
do something with hands (knitting, writing, anything I can hold in my hands later on to remember how I passed the time)
take care of appearance (coordinate outfits both at home and outside, do nails, use scrubs, get ears re-pierced etc to feel comfortable in my own skin and avoid sinking into apathy, to bring pops of colour into the grey)
stimulate the senses as often as possible (new foods, colourful notebooks, playlists, scarves with interesting patterns — anything to keep myself alert, interested and entertained)