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Things I love about October

October is one of my favorite months of the year. Here’s just a few of my favorite things about the month:

It means corn mazes…

Navigating the maze

It means changing leaves…

338: Fall leaves, leaves fall

It means pumpkins…

Pumpkin Patch

It means coffee… (okay so this one isn’t exactly October specific, but you start drinking more of it in October)

348: Vanilla Latte Art

It means scary things…

Spider webs

And it means football…

Cameron Yoe vs Lexington Eagles

It means Mums…

Mums

It means Oktoberfest…

Oktoberfest

It means Halloween…

Happy Halloween

It means birthdays…

18

Yup. I’m pretty partial to October. What are some of your favorite things about this month?

Bring yourself joy

When I saw what this month’s NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) theme is, I knew I had to participate.

joy_nablopomo

Dec 1: What do you do when you’re down to bring yourself a little joy?

Thankfully, I’m generally a happy person already, and I don’t let much get me down. But to bring myself a little joy, I…

  • Vent! Don’t bottle up what’s bothering me. Vent to my husband, my best friend, my Mom, coworkers or even just throw it on Twitter. Leaning on those around me is an awesome help. Get the negative out to let the joy back in!
  • Treat myself. I am not a retail therapy kind of girl. In fact shopping stresses me out and usually depresses me more because I spent hard-earned money. But I have zero problem grabbing a coffee at a coffee shop. Or maybe I paint my nails (even buying a new color to do so.) Grab dinner out with my husband or with “the girls.” I just do something that I might not normally do. (Okay so the coffee thing is borderline a daily occurrence. Don’t judge. Its my vice…)
  • Escape into the arts. Listen to music. Go take pictures. Dance. Art of any sort is a natural and total upper for me.

Those are just a few ways I make myself feel better when I am down… What’s yours?