What's good about January?

[Treezan82]

Was just thinking about how I love every time of year for different reasons. Like all the outdoor activities and sunshine in summer, autumn walks, Christmas, spring when the blossom starts and bulbs poke through. But that bit of winter after Christmas - I can't find anything to like about it. What do you enjoy about that bit between New Year and the start of Spring?

Nothing though next year I’ll have Stranger things to look forward, the night start very slowly to get lighter.

Nothing.

In fact November, December, January and February are all utterly foul.

DS'S birthday.
That lovely clean-house-after-Christmas feeling.
Long afternoons with a jigsaw and the woodburner going.
Call The Midwife (usually, slightly scuppered by the sodding Plague).
Christmas chocolate to be eaten Because It's There.
Wintry walks.
Hot chocolate.
Recharging batteries in general.
Slow down and enjoy it, I say.

Bloody Christmas is over for another year. Hooray!

Well, it’s over for another six months, anyway, until the supermarkets start stocking Christmas tat again and halfwits start buying it in July.

So jealous of animals that hibernate through it all. Their lives are endless summer!

If this is correct, whhhhhyyyy did we not continue this? 😂

www.theguardian.com/science/2020/dec/20/early-humans-may-have-survived-the-harsh-winters-by-hibernating

My daughters birthday is in January so that’s fun. I also love those days in January that are bitterly cold but dry and sunny. They are some my favourites

@TommyShelby

My daughters birthday is in January so that’s fun. I also love those days in January that are bitterly cold but dry and sunny. They are some my favourites

That would be totally fine. That's how January is in many countries. In the UK is it mainly windy and hideous rain. If it was mostly cold, clear, blue-skyed, wind-free days, it would get much less hate! The issue isn't the temperature. It's the wind and rain that makes it unbearable to be outside, and the constantly overcast sky which makes everything look grey and it's just so depressing, and oppressive.

I used to enjoy being extra sociable in January and catch up with all the people I hadn't met up with in the run up to Christmas!

@IHateFlies

The best thing about January is that it’s usually a quiet and boring month so it’s a good time to focus on yourself. Embrace the dullness that is January to soothe and rebalance yourself. Eat healthy warming meals. Read relaxing and soothing books. Watch some cosy films you’ve been meaning to see. Exercise. Contact people. Put food out for the birds. Take a multi vit. Go to bed early. Plan things to do the coming year.

Love this

Just remembered there is a chance the new series of Peaky Blinders should be released in January 22. So there is that

I don't like the bit between new year and twelfth night, when some people have taken their decorations down but some people still have them up. Is Christmas over or not? I also love the new diary feeling and usually take up a new hobby to occupy myself through the dreariness. This year I picked up two new languages and still doing well with them!

New year, new start. I love it !
When the Xmas tree goes I have a big clear out and clean up, getting ready for the new year ahead.

The only positive I can think of is that you don't have to pay any council tax.

Nothing. It's cold and miserable

We're members of our local wildlife refuge.

January mornings are our favourite time to visit.

Barely anyone is there. The plants are often white and frosty.

On the really heavenly days the otters' water is partially frozen over and they have a whale of a time "skating" all over it. And we're the only people there to see it.

Also the cups of tea/coffee and cake we have to warm up after seem extra incredible on those mornings too!

January is often "museums month" for us too. As we find the big London ones are pretty quiet this first few weekends of the year.

Plus free (important after Christmas!) and gets us out the house.

I hate January. I find it so depressing, cold short days. But I need to find something more positive as it's my son's birthday in January!

Taking down dusty Xmas decorations
Planning the new year
A good cold snap, with a chance to wear lovely thick sweaters and bright colours. No grey and gloomy.
Walking in crisp frosty countryside (see clothes, above)
Decent boots.
Winter food, spicy casseroles and fruit pies
Cleaning out the greenhouse ready for spring.

@Titsywoo

It's quiet and I can stay home and do a lot less than normal. I get a bit over-socialised after the Xmas and New Year period and Jan is the least social month of the year.

The thing is most people think like this which is fine for them but it’s my birthday and rubbish for me. No one wants to go out because it is too cold/ roads are bad/ they are spent out over Christmas/ feeling ill with colds flu etc. Makes me feel sad, don’t forget your friends with January birthdays.

DH and I have our birthdays and make a week of it in Paris. Last time was in 2020.