Last night I enjoyed the beautiful summer evening, the temperature was just right, sunny with a few clouds and dry. I was on my balcony all evening, I had my dinner and went back with a herbal tea and my book and spent 2 hours reading my book.
People out for an evening walk (with or without a dog)and a few evening cycle rides. The relaxed and wholesome feeling I got from watching no TV, listening to no music and not scrolling through my phone but purely reading my book on my balcony listening to the world outside my flat go by. When I eventually came in for the evening, I felt calm and like I had one the best evening’s I have had in a while. I am guilty of not making myself do this often enough and I really benefitted from it emotionally and mentally.
I got so lost in my book I forgot the time and only looked at my phone for the time when the light started to really fade away and that’s when I realised how much time I spent immersing myself into the written world of a physical book in my hands. I was taken onto a journey first to different part of the English country that then took me to Italy with three characters that when the book finishes I will be sad to have finished their story and there is no more to read.
The book starts off in the winter but is currently in the height of summer so reading last night felt apt. What it made it so enjoyable was I was on my balcony the whole time, also no technology was used. I believe this world is technology driven and as human’s and people we forget we don’t need it all the time, we don’t it to have a good time or pass the time when we are bored. There are so many other things we can be doing, reading a book, playing cards, playing a board game and exercise without music. The last one people need to more often it allows us to process our thoughts and emotions more effectively without music distracting us or function the emotions and mental state in a way that is not effective to us.
If you have access to outside space take the board game, card game, reading a book or exercise outside whilst we have the dry, lighter and warmer evenings, make the most of being able to get outside. We are going to have a long period of time coming up soon where this is not going to be readily available. Whilst the summer is here take things outside as much as you can, mental and emotional health benefits from it drastically, even it means sitting on a bench or table and chairs or a short stroll or a picnic spend as much time away from being inside 4 walls.
The other night I went for my evening walk and caught in the torrential rain and got back home soaked to the bone. The thrill of experiencing the natural forces of mother nature filled me excitement and also made me fill like a child because it felt so natural. I got home ran a hot bath and read my book in the bath for a while then went to bed and the feeling gave me the same feeling as sitting on my balcony as I was outside and the natural elements caught me out.
This year 2025 the weather has been dry even if not always sunny or warm but it has been dry make the most of that be outside for as much of it as you can, I know I do, if I am not on my balcony I am out for an evening stroll or a walk during the day and then finishing it off on my balcony, I spend as time as I can outside because I know from personal experience the benefits it has on me as a person, do the same and you will start know the difference.
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