Excellent autumn!

Is it not lovely, it is finally here: autumn. You rarely hear anything positive about it though, do you? Which is a shame. People get into negative circles of: cold, windy, damp, dark, depressive. Maybe you should try a new circle, with the potential of making you happier, eventhough it is autumn. I think autumn is very pretty, eventhough I agree about all the negative things about winter, all but one. It does not have to be depressive, and all the negative things does not have to be so negative. Why not try to enjoy all the great things there is about autumn, and focus on enjoying them. For instance:

* staying in a warm bed when you hear the wind and rain outside (this is not possible everyday of course, some of you have to work, but why not set the alarm ten minutes earlier so you can really enjoy being in bed, or enjoying it when you go to bed at night or during the weekends)
* going for a long walk, wearing all your woolly items of clothing
* kicking leaves
* feeding the ducks (please avoid the bird-flu infected though, otherwise you might not last to enjoy the entire autumn)
* buying new kinds of tea
* renting/buying films
* cuddling in the sofa with too many blankets, duvets and pillows
* hot chocolate - try it with some orange chocolate, or by squeezing fresh orange into it
* Thermos jugs
* the different scents of air: one day humid with a touch of wet decomposing leaves/wet ground, one day fresh and clear, one day with nostalgic sugar refinery smell (for you who grew up next to another sugar refinery only) , and the next day very cold and crisp air.
* mittens/hats/gloves/scarves - you can finally get them all out, and put them all on!
* enjoying the darkness outside from inside your apartment/house
* using window lamps to light you apartment
* lighting candles (beware of cute cats might pass close by, sniff into the candle bulb, and accidently say lose two whiskers, the one falling off, the other curling up. Just as a random example. I have a friend, and her cute cat...)
* playing board games all evening
* taking a long warm bath
* fine dark chocolate
* making your own truffles (for recipe see 'Equilibrium')

And so on, and so forth. You can of course mix the above things; say put on all your warm wolly clothing, take a nice walk, kicking leaves and feeding the non-infected ducks, calmly sipping your hot chocolate from the Thermos jug. Or maybe, rent a couple of films, cuddling in the sofa with all your duvets and blankets, lighting candles, and having some of your new tea. Just try it.

Autumn is here, you can't change that. But you can actually change your attitude. And it is not so hard as you might think to replace your negative circles. And as soon as you accidently slip into "autumn sucks!", immediately think "NO it doesn't, autumn is so lovely and cozy, I know this" (if you don't know it yet, replace "I know this" with, "someone I trust told me so"). And then go into a circle of: 'indoors, warmth, cozyness, candles, kicking leaves, mittens, tea, dark chocolate, mmm, autumn is great!'

Ps. Please feel free to comment on more things to add to the 'Excellent autumn'-list. I am sure you can think of something else that helps you make your autumn nicer! (thanks to my great technical knowledge, now anyone can comment, also you, just go ahead!)