❄️ Bucket list for November

Hi Reader,

If you missed the past months' Natural living bucket list, you can find them here: September | October

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Here is your Natural lifestyle inspiration dose for this month!

In November, we (finally!) start approaching Christmas time with the decorating, non-toxic cleaning, and mindshifts towards Christmas time.

For more Christmas-time ideas and inspiration, sign up for my free Natural Christmas Letters here.

Cleaning naturally for holidays. Using natural soaps like Marseille or Castile soap, lemon, baking soda, and vinegar, you can clean basically the whole home.

Use a weekly cleaning schedule to make it easier. Just 1% better (or cleaner) every day is the easiest way to make cleaning into a natural habit than to let things pile up and create stress.

Steep tea in a teapot. Relax and enjoy the chilly weather with a hot teapot where you have steeped your herbal tea or loose-leaf tea.

Sipping tea throughout the day balances your energy naturally without huge spikes up and down like with energy drinks (or even coffee or sweets 🫣).

Learn and reinforce skills. The wintertime is the most underrated time and underused (is that a word?) time what comes into studying.

If the weather is, well, not so lovely, it is the best time to catch up on any learning you have put on hold during the summer. I have dived already into piles of herb and tea books, and plenty of interesting mindset and organizing books are waiting for their turn. I will be sharing the most intriguing ones with you in the upcoming newsletters, for sure!

Dry citrus slices. Use natural materials to create beauty. During the wintertime, rely on dried fauna and use some dried moss between the windows, craft with pine cones, or dry citrus slices for a garland or to decorate your Christmas gifts with them. (More natural gift inspiration in the upcoming Natural Christmas Letters, subscribe here.)

Cook and bake with root vegetables. Nordics tend to use plenty of root vegetables in any form and dish you can imagine. Carrot cakes we all know, but add them to your bread dough too to give color and flavour to enjoy the carrot bread with some hearty soups.

Dance in the rain. The weather might not be the best, but sometimes it’s better just to embrace it. Make sure you have comfortable gear for what’s coming. And jumping in the puddles is more fun when you have your rubber boots on!

Bake coffee cakes. Simple, minimalist cakes that are called coffee cakes are the thing in the wintertime. Nothing too fussy, just the perfect flavours and textures. This November, I will be sharing a lovely spiced coffee cake recipe that has the most beautiful cardamom and cinnamon flavours and is dreamy soft. It goes perfectly with some homemade spiced coffee, too!

What goes on your bucket list this chilly November?

Share your favorite things in November over on Instagram, tagging me with @blue.tea.tile or just replying to this email!

Every day makes a difference. ♡

Sonja

PS. Read the full post for more November vibes and ideas for natural ways to invite approaching Christmas time and cozy hygge athmosphere here.

Hi Sister, I'm Sonja

I’m a Nordic girl married to a Moroccan husband and mom to a curious little adventurer. After over a decade in fine dining, I left the busy restaurant life to embrace slower, more natural living. Now I help women simplify their routines with from-scratch recipes, natural wellness tips, and sustainable ways to create less waste and more contentment.

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