Are People Seasonal Like The Weather?

When I first think about this question, I can’t help but think about hibernation. Crawling into a warm and cosy domicile as we wait out the frosty dark conditions of winter.

As much as that may be evidence to the case, I want to look at something more internal when it comes to us. Can our psyche be more seasonal than we realise?

Moments of hard works, moments of slack. Are these to do with motivation or more from a cyclical nature? Periods of rest will always be needed in order to not only stay functional but also consistent.

I wonder if the seasonal concept is in such a wide timescale that we don’t notice it’s habit.

We notice when we are less motivational at times. And times when we are on the ball and smashing everything out the park. Neither time last for ever nor we can notice thesetransitions.

We usually chalk it up to us slipping with discipline, or we suddenly gained more with additional focus.

But are these transition of slipping or improving more like the changing of seasons?

I think to analyse this is to look at the whole of our life and recollect the times when we were on top of things and when we weren’t. Are there patterns you can discover. Does your discipline arrive at a recurring point, or is it arbitrary?

When I think about a year, I know that I’m not going to be consistently on the ball all through out it. There is always times where I need a break from the work.

We usually think of such breaks like holidays, and short time off. But don’t you feel that when you come back from a holiday you aren’t ready to go back into the grind?

Breaks could be considered as a season like winter. A holiday for a week or two may not be enough if this is the case. Breaks could be a couple of months if necessary.

How long does it take for you to break your new years resolution?

If you really are motivated to go to the gym, you could be consistent with it for months. Don’t get me wrong there are people who haven’t missed a session for years. So, I could be wrong in the department.

But there may come a point where you don’t go as much as you did as the year passes by. Sometimes the science behind the statement that it takes a few months for a habit to stick doesn’t seem factual.

Now I get how this can be perceived. It seems like an excuse for not sticking to the discipline. Like it’s a lack of accountability for our actions. All I’m trying to discern is how much do we need to reprimand or criticise our performance, and how much is it down to the cycle of life.

Understanding it all will help us get further. After all you’ll get somewhere quicker if you swim with the current rather than fight against it. We all know that if we’re to fight nature, nature will surely beat us down.

Planning our seasons can develop a process to grow. Like the time we plant, to the time we harvest.

To do this, we need to take our eyes out of the telescope and into a macro level. When do you want to schedule in the work. And when is the best time to schedule your breaks?

Remember, I’m not talking on a weekly basis but seasonally. Blocks of months so you’re planning your year more proficiently.

We overestimate what we can do in a week or month. But a year can be powerful Now imagine what can be done in only a few years. To plan those years through a seasonal lens can vastly change how we live.

I don’t just mean it a work hustle type mentality. But even as a way just to enjoy living. To appreciate all parts of your life. To enjoy all parts is to live them and be present with them. But you can’t do it all at once. But you can do them all it at some point. One at a time.