Finding Light Through January’s Gray Days💛

For what it’s worth, here are some life-lines I have found to help me through this dreary time of year:

For the body:

• Vitamin D + K2 (the K2 helps with absorption)
• Vitamin B12
• Magnesium before bed for better sleep and to ease that constant tension in your shoulders

*But I’m no doctor, so make sure to consult yours to ensure you’re doing what’s right for you and your body*

For some self-care moments:

• Cozy soups and hot tea in the evenings
• Lighting candles (battery ones work great with little hands around!)
• Sauna or a long hot shower
• Daily stretching before bed—even five minutes shifts everything

• Do a January “brain dump”—write down all the things you’re mentally tracking, then calendar, delegate, or drop what you can
• Putting a puzzle together (kids this age make surprisingly good puzzle partners!)
• Looking through flower books or seed catalogs
• Printing off pictures from the past year and updating your frames

For connection:

• Monthly dinner swap with a friend—you each cook double, trade half, get an easy meal plus that feeling of being thought about
• Weekly text thread where you share one highlight and one hard thing

For the kiddos:

• Maybe a Saturday craft morning as a “pick me up”?

Here’s a link for fingerprint painting taken to the next level.

Your kids can create a whole adventure story with the animal critters they make.

As a family, you can experience a bit of the January calm, mixed with some creative ways to add color to the gray days! 🎨

I’m along for the ride with you.