Obviously for Northern Hemisphere folks here. Where I am, it has been mostly below freezing, a little snow but not enough to pe pretty or good to play in. It’s mostly indoor activities. I work out at the gym, play board games, have random get togethers with friends. What do you do?
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D vitamins and gaming. Having a kid helps get you up in the morning
I’m an avid indoorsman. One of my best friends is too, fortunately. I almost never get cabin fever (though it does happen).
Winters for me feels like home turf. My favorite activity is tabletop gaming with friends. When I can’t do that, I love reading books and watching videos. Occasionally I’ll play Steam games, but I spent enough of my youth on that, so it’s way down the list of choices.
I also like to try out new recipes. I’m a better cook than baker, but I do some of both. And I really enjoy playing with our two dogs. They teach the stupid human how to be in the moment.
I’m a boring but happy guy when left in peace.
Whiskey + black metal
Also: Light therapy thing. Relatively cheap and easy, helps a lot with the moodiness of winter.
Visit a garden centre that has a greenhouse. I picked up a little cactus!
I’m thankful there are a lot of community events in the smallish towns in my area that help stave off the winter stir craziness. I think I’ve only seen the sun 4 times in the last 3 months but those few days were glorious. I can still get some hiking done on days where it’s not miserably windy. The thing that kills me the most are how short the days are.
Live close enough to a ski resort to ride my snowboard. Or kayak if the local creek is up. Maybe mountain bike as a last resort. Work on the camper van.
Stay inside. That’s all. The only thing that changes is not as much walking but where I live nothing is walkable so nothing changes much anyways.
This winter has been unusually warm for me, apparently it’s part climate change and part normal stuff.
The darkness still poses a challenge, and I struggle with going outside, so I’ve tried to make my room as nice as possible, because that’s where I spend most of my time. So if you’re spending a lot of time at home, try to spruce the space up a little. Make your bed comfier, clean up a little, maybe decorate a bit if possible.
Find something nice to do inside, like a show to watch or a book to read, a game, or a craft. Or if you’re more outdoorsy, I guess you could find a winter activity (sledding or skiing when there’s enough snow, fishing if that’s your thing and you have a place to fish) or maybe just learn to see beaty in nature even when it’s grey and wet and cold.
Ihave begun to accept that I simply will never be as ‘productive’ in winter as I am in summer. One option can be sleeping more, I feel that that’s helped me make it mentally.
I’m traveling in the south right now. That’s one way.
Pick up a winter hobby. I look forward to winter now that I started steelhead fishing (it’s a cold weather thing). Buy cross country skis or snowshoes and it’ll never snow enough.
That’s the problem, it doesn’t snow enough now… I used to be able to XC on trails in my hometown, now the snow is too thin and patchy. The ice is too thn on the lakes to be trustworthy. We get an extra 3 months of stick season, almost no snow season.
