Start Of: The Seasons ^new^

The start of summer demands you slow down. It is the season of "mañana." The heat tells you to stop achieving and start existing. You know summer has truly begun when you abandon the fitted sheet and sleep directly on the mattress with only a top sheet for three nights in a row.

There is a specific Tuesday every March when the light changes. start of the seasons

They start with a flush of heat, a shiver, a craving for a specific food, or an inexplicable wave of nostalgia. You are not a bystander to the turning of the year. You are the instrument that measures it. The start of summer demands you slow down

They start in your body.

The start of winter is a permission slip. Permission to hibernate. Permission to read a 500-page novel. Permission to go to bed at 9:00 PM. While spring is about potential and summer is about action, winter is about rest . The trees aren't dead in winter; they are sleeping. You should be, too. There is a specific Tuesday every March when

Buy a new candle. A heavy one. Vanilla or sandalwood. Light it before the sun sets at 6:00 PM. That artificial light in the early dark is the flag of autumn. Winter: The Permission Everyone dreads winter, but everyone secretly needs it.

The true start of winter is the first night you look outside at 5:30 PM, see the pitch black, and feel relief rather than dread.