Anyone else love january?

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I know it's unpopular but I LOVE the feeling of January. Everything just feels clean and big again. The year spreading ahead. Anyone else love it like me?

Love it. Quiet, peaceful and cosy - my ideal.

Love it!

I love January and February. I love the post Xmas diet too!

I have daffodils on the kitchen table, I go out in the garden every weekend. Last January I power washed the patio in stages every afternoon for a week after work - work in a school so home by 4.30. So nice in March when I didn't need to do it again!

I loathe Xmas and the period between Xmas and NYE so January is a big relief.

I don't love it as its too cold for me, but I no longer loathe it as I once did. Since hybrid working has removed the misery of the (often unsuccessful) commute in the snow, and I'm in a better position financially so not scrimping my way through it, it's become just another month. As I'm getting on a bit, I made a point of not hating any part of the year and wishing it over these days, as I'm aware its my precious life I'm wishing away, so I'd rather try to enjoy it.

Yes I love January - love the calm after the storm of Christmas and the simplicity of this winter month without any Christmas distractions

No I don't like January. Dull, cold month that is too far away from summer! And the 'New-Year-New-Me' twats I find insufferable! 😆 Also aren't keen on February.. well the first half anyway..

From mid February you have Valentine's Day, then it's DH's birthday just before the end, snowdrops start coming up, the daffodils are almost out, you get starling murmurations, the days are getting longer again (sunset is about 5.30 to 6.00pm,) and of course it's starting to get a little bit warmer.

I love January. The hope of a good year to
come, dark evenings and crisp days but none of the Xmas chaos to get through and usually holidays being booked and looked forward too

Me! But we go away somewhere hot and sunny for a couple of weeks each January which is probably why.

MEEEEE!
Clean, fresh house
Back on track with exercise
2026 is a blank page and I’m planning a great year ahead 🤓

No I hate it. But I've found that booking a long haul holiday for the end of February really helps to get through the horror that is January and February. Next week highs of 3 degrees here urghhhh.

I feel this way too.

Love it. I do over indulge in dec with so many parties etc but I weirdly love going extra hardcore in the gym and clean eating all of Jan to get back to normal

No. It’s about 23663357898432 days long and it’s cold. It’s vile and horrible.

It’s not an improvement for me. The thing that depresses me in winter is cold, nit darkness. The days drawing out just mean lots of people annoyingly telling me I must feel better because the days are drawing out. No. No I don’t. It’s fucking freezing, it’s been cold for ages and it’s going to carry on being cold for ages. It’s horrible. At least December has Christmas.

What lack of pressure to d9 stuff? I do the same things but it’s unpleasant.

There’s a massive amount of pressure on most of us to do things at Christmas. Haven’t you noticed?

Absolutely love it, ever since I moved to a city that gets flooded by tourists in December. I feel like I get my city back in January!

Yes really love it! I love easing back into routine after the holiday period, and it being such a chilled month where you can cosy up at home with minimal expectations. No need to spend much because the house is groaning with Christmas food still. I also don’t go in for dramatic diets in January either and instead enjoy getting back to balanced meals but supplemented with some Christmas bits. For example I might have a bit of Christmas cheese with chicken and veg soup, or some Indian party food bits with our Friday night veg curry! It’s great having “new” things in every area of life - getting dressed in my new socks, the kids have new toys, a new candle in the kitchen etc etc. makes life feel special! Plus there is all the optimism of it being a new year, and I’m relaxed from two weeks off work!!

Going out, socialising, all that sort of thing. Most people are skint or doing dry January or watching their diet so aren’t so keen and that suits me fine.

I love January for exactly what it is, the depths of winter, I love the seasons and appreciate every one of them for what they offer, though Autumn and winter are my favourites, January is lovely and clam, no pressure to do anything at all and I really appreciate how still and quiet it is, bliss.

Same here!! Love it!

I once spent January in Australia. Loved it.

That’s only a couple of weeks.

I enjoy socialising. Any time I don’t fancy it I don’t go.

I don’t get this ‘no pressure to do anything at all’ that I keep seeing. Why is January any different from Amy other month?