Dear readers, I’ve been taking my time because I feel like I’ve been stuck in a rut. September is when people start school in a new year, or a new place; it’s when the first breath of cold air gives way to cosy promises of sweater weather and not being so disgustingly sweaty all the time; September is when so much is new so it feels like I’m doing something wrong if I’m not going anywhere at all. This is where I get stuck. Nothing new is happening so I get down and don’t do anything new (I have to stop coinciding my life crises with these issue themes). But not all new beginnings have to do with going to school or starting a job or moving house, sometimes it’s the little new beginnings that are exciting too and it’s important not to forget them. Little things like cooking something you’ve never made before, or using a new medium to create art, or buying a new pair of cool Halloween socks. A transitional season like autumn is a good time to turn over a new leaf (I’ve been waiting to use that pun and it was worth it) and pull yourself out of that lazy summer nothingness. So even though nothing majorly new might be happening now, in the future there will be new jobs, new people and new places and you’ll get that really nice feeling of being at the beginning of something, with this brand new fresh thing in your life that’s exciting just because it’s new. So I feel like this issue is about embracing the new things that autumn brings, even if this does entail a bittersweet goodbye to summer.
P.S. October is mental health month, so now is as good a time as any to start treating yourself better and stop being so hard on yourself. P.P.S. Here’s a playlist full of autumnal vibes.
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