Embracing the Chill: 15 Enchanting Reasons to Celebrate Winter

It’s probably hitting a lot of us.

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The entire Midwest and beyond has seen a tough winter season already. You know the cold that smacks you in the face as you run from the car into Walmart?

• Winter, the time when you need to pre-heat your car for at least fifteen minutes before departure.
• Winter, the time when traffic drags longer and the mornings are dark.
• Winter, the time when you spend more time inside and stay busy.

The last one wasn’t a complaint. It’s one positive side of winter.

I will do my best to persuade you to look at the finer things about winter.

1. Time indoors — productivity rises for creators

If you aren’t much of a homebody, you’ll learn how to be once winter hits. You need to find healthy ways to entertain yourself.

I end up editing more content during winter. The time I would have spent time getting distracted is substituted for 8 hours of head-down focus.

People who experience the four seasons are built differently. Once April approaches and the temperatures start to rise again, we can be grateful for the nice weather.