October: Recommendations to Start Your Month
10 Useful Things
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I hope this email finds you unbothered. Moisturised. Hydrated. Happy. In your lane. Focussed and flourishing.
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Here’s 10 Useful Things that found me this month.
Where I found the time to read by Jordan Santos.
This may sound like a silly topic to write about, but you’d be surprised at how many DMs I get from people asking for advice on how to read more. I admit — the first couple times I got messages like this, I was so confused. How to read more? Really? Just put down your phone and pick up a book. It’s simple.
Just shared two of my latest reads here & here.
Live for a week like a local - not your average travel guide.
On having a deep connection to a landscape(s) that you no longer live in.
Just came across a wonderful creator, Rebecca, who explores the natural world using data and communicates this journey through design. Please meet Ploterre. I’m in love with these bothy cushions in their shop and the amount of thought (and data!) that went into their design.
Exploring the mountain bothies of Scotland with data in place of a map. This lambswool cushion plots the altitude of every bothy in Scotland to form a mountain skyline.
Did you know that in psychology the opposite of a trigger is known as a glimmer? Here’s a few glimmer suggestions via Good things.
My favourites:
Porch hammocks.
That all the animals in the sea are still in there doing their thing, all the time.
A lazy afternoon in a friend’s sun-drenched backyard.
New book smell.
I’m 50% Scottish (my mother’s side) and I love visiting the Scottish Highlands (this may or may not be related.) I found this beautiful hotel on the Isle of Skye during my winter trip research.
Speaking of Scotland, the V&A Dundee have an exhibition on Tartan on until January 2024.
And speaking of snow, here’s 9 things to do if you find yourself in Vals, Switzerland this winter.
It’s getting darker in the UK now as winter approaches, we’re making fires and getting cosy with these.
I was in Skye in 2024 and stayed in one of the <a href="https://www.edinbnelodge.com">best hotels on the isle of skye</a> It has a long histroy with clan MacLeod of Dunvegan castle.