winter 2024 happiness plan

After reading a newsletter entry from Amelia Greenhall describing how to make your own winter happiness plan, I was inspired to make my own. I love the idea of a simplistic menu of joyful goals and habits that can carry me into the winter months. It’s especially comforting to have a low pressure and fluid menu of joy that I can easily grab and add on to as the cold days go by.

1. california zephyr train trip
2. knit/crochet/sew in the studio as much as possible - bonus points for every snowy evening
3. snuggle up with a good book, a soft blanket, at least 1 cat, and a hot tea
4. have friends over from out of state
5. throw at least one dinner party besides thanksgiving
6. take many hot baths with some nice scrubs and soaps
7. get my apartment deep cleaned
8. bust through my tbr
9. use up all the good facemasks
10. get a massage
11. bake some really good bread and eat it with some hot tomato soup
12. go ice skating
13. use my art institute membership to the fullest (coffee + beignets)
14. write a lot of letters to friends - bring back snail mail in style
15. wear cute outfits even if I’m not leaving my house
16. start lifting weights again + going on a daily walk to the gym