Scroll of The Year: February

Hello loves

Last month, I introduced you to Scroll of Year. It can be a tricky thing to start a new project and then keep going with it, but I love how Scroll of the Year not only helps me be in the present, it also holds me accountable somehow. I have committed to creating it for the year and so I am going to do my very best to continue, whilst also giving myself grace for any difficult times ahead. I want to see how it develops as I move through the year, what patterns and themes emerge and what I learn from it. Once complete it will be a real reflection of my year in small moments, simple joys, significant thoughts and daydreams.

I found February hard and that surprised me. Although January is often known as the month that brings about the blues, I like the newness of it, the hope of it and this year I loved that it wasn’t 2025 anymore. I channelled that energy and then found myself lacking in February. This has a lot to do with an imminent house move and the overwhelming responsibility I hold as a single mum. I have spent much of the month living in my head, feeling disembodied and struggling to be in the present. Although I struggled, there were some moments that were significant and/or joyful!

Here they are…

The taste and texture take me all the way back to my childhood. I especially crave it when I am poorly or sad – it just hits that comfort spot.  

The start of the year, according to the Met Office, UK. I really did notice the rain in February and felt grateful to spend much of it indoors, warm and dry.

It struck me that I have lived with a sense that time is running out for many years now, especially when it comes to my career. I also struggle with a mixture of living in the past and planning for the future rather than being in the present. It is exhausting. Something to journal more about I think.

It is a little-known fact in blogsville or instaworld that I am into alternative remedies. I love an essential oil, a homeopathic remedy, a herbal concoction. After helping my son with one such alternative solution, he brought me much joy by telling me that he loved that I always had a potion for him. May the witchery continue.

My oldest daughter and I spent a wonderful afternoon looking at a flat by the sea – definitely the highlight of the month! And when back in London, I constantly daydream of escaping my current circumstances, leaving this flat and beginning my new life by the sea. Soon come.

Thanks for popping by. I appreciate you!

Big love always,

Lu xxxxxxxxxx