Are You Ready for Spring?

It seems spring won't keep us waiting long this year. But along with the first sunny days, alternating with grey and rainy ones, spring fatigue sets in too. How to get through this transitional period and preserve your inner energy and zest for life? I'd like to share a few tips on what you could do to help.

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1. Plant some bulbs

Whether sprouted spring onions that you can snip to make food start smelling of spring, or daffodils, hyacinths, or tulips that you can gaze upon while enjoying your morning coffee - nature is waking up, roots are filling with sap, everything is reaching upward. Open your eyes wide to the world, wake up alongside it, feel nature's power within you!

2. Choose freshly squeezed juice instead of coffee

Practically the majority of cafés offer the option of ordering freshly squeezed orange, apple, or carrot juice instead of coffee or tea. Take advantage of this! No more warming your hands on a warm mug or a disposable paper cup with a lid - instead, absorb energy and freshness from within.

3. Start planning your holiday

Those who say that a holiday begins when you start thinking and planning - the most interesting routes, the best deals - are right. In our thoughts we are already transported and standing on a sun-drenched beach of white sand. And the solar energy, even if only imagined for now, gives us strength.

4. Choose colour

In clothing, shoes, bags, gloves, accessories, jewellery, umbrellas, nail polish - in everything. Allow yourself more colour than you would have in winter. Try on some bright yellow or green shoes, even if the practical mind says you'll have nothing to wear them with right now. Enjoy this colourful moment. If you're a fan of wellies, floral rubber boots will be right on time.

5. Go for a walk

Don't stay home, or in the office. Use your lunch break not only to eat, but also to walk an extra block on foot. Don't take your food to eat at the computer - go to the nearest soup restaurant or salad bar. Use your days off to walk around the neighbourhood where you live. Only movement will give you the vigour you need, however reluctant you may feel at times to stir from your spot.

6. Do a clear-out

Things have an incredible tendency to accumulate. Spring is exactly the right time to get rid of everything whose time has passed, that you haven't worn once in the past year and somewhere in your subconscious you understand you never will. If something is no longer needed, donate it, give it away, hand it on, get it in order, and make room for the new. With things I try to follow the principle: use it, love it, or throw it out. And I recommend the same to you.

7. Get enough sleep

The best remedy for any kind of fatigue, cold, or lethargy is to allow yourself to sleep properly. Trust me - all the big spring-cleans and tidying can wait. It's better to tackle what needs doing with inspiration when you are rested, than to force yourself to clear, clean, and tidy simply because the time has come and "everyone does it." All the bigger failures begin with this "everyone does it."