January is such a great time to reflect not only because of the inspiration that comes with a new year, but here in the northern hemisphere I find that, by January, I really need to be looking much further into the year to keep my head on straight. It's cold here and it feels like it may never be spring again. The sunrises are fantastic (if only I could capture it better with a camera), but they provide little comfort when you're freezing in an old house heated only by wood stoves. Of course, spring will come and I would like to be ready to enjoy it. Just like we are ordering seeds and bareroot fruit trees for our garden and orchard, now is the time to lay the groundwork for our best year yet.
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If we are wise, rebuilding from depression will be a life-long enterprise. We all know how easy it is to slip into a depressive pit or to slip farther down if we are already there. Everyday we wake up we should make decisions to help keep us out (if we are lucky enough to be out) or to help inch ourselves up and out.
What I am doing this year is making a commitment to maintain my health. In the process I may even improve it. Throughout January I will post with some simple changes I will be making to build my health this year. Many of my changes are changes I have made seventeen times before but they somehow got lost in the chaos of caring for a newborn or in holiday madness. Like everyone else, my changes center around diet and exercise but they do have a specific focus on warding off depression.
I expect this year to be busy and house-focused. Our house turns 100 this year and we plan a big bash. A busy schedule is all the more reason to integrate changes now. (You are invited to the house's centennial, by the way. Details to follow.)
Blog changes
You will notice a site redesign this week as I transition the blog to TypePad. TypePad is a hosted blog service by SixApart, the folks who first brought us Movable Type. I had my first TypePad blog in 2005 but migrated away from it. I am pleased with all of the changes SixApart has made since then. I can't say I'm surprised at all that two Santa Clara University graduates would create such a great product (she writes shamelessly...).
Read more nourishing resolutions for the new year at The Nourishing Gourmet.
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Comments (2)
Hi!
This is actually a comment on something you seem to have written quite some time ago so I thoght it better to write here were you might notice it. Anyways. What I was going to write is this. You wrote in a post in -07 about nettle tea so I don't if you're into nettles anymore. I traditional recipe, maybe also in the U.S., in Sweden were I'm from is nettle soup. You just chop them and boil them for some fifteen minutes with vegetable stock and salt. Serve with boiled egg halves, might sounds funny but is delicious. Might garnish with chives. If nettles isn't season we make it with kale. Maybe this is a common recipe in the U.S. as well. If that's the case I'm sorry! Happy holidays from Gothenburg!
Posted by Hampus | January 4, 2010 12:18 PM | Reply
I can relate to how easily a habit is dropped! That's why I like to re-evaluate myself to make sure I try to keep on track. Thanks so much for sharing!
Posted by Kimi @ The Nourishing Gourmet | January 5, 2010 1:22 PM | Reply