Bucket List for November

Hi Reader,

If you missed the past months' Natural Living Bucket List, you can find it here: October​
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Your seasonal Natural lifestyle inspiration dose for this month is here ♡

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

More natural Christmassy ideas and inspiration, in my free Natural Christmas Letters, if you have not yet signed up, you can do so

→ HERE.

We are starting Christmas already on November 3rd, so make sure you join before that ♡

Now to the bucket list:

Cleaning naturally for holidays

Using natural soaps like Marseille or Castile soap, lemon, baking soda, and vinegar, you can clean basically the whole home. Check out my favourite natural cleaning products here.

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 chocolate! 🫣).

Learn and reinforce skills

The wintertime is the most underrated time and underused (is that a word?) time for 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 already dived into piles of tea books (see my updated suggestions → here).

Plenty of interesting natural living and herbalism books are still waiting for their turn. I will be sharing the most intriguing ones with you during this winter, for sure!

Dry citrus slices

Use natural materials to create beauty. Dry oranges and blood oranges for the natural and vintage style decorations at home for wreaths and garlands (I will be showing some of my projects later on!)

During the wintertime, rely also on other dried fauna and use some dried moss between the windows, craft with pine cones, or use them 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

We 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 some color and flavour to enjoy the carrot bread with some hearty soups, for example!

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.

In November, I love to bake a spiced bundt cake using kefir (my grandmother's recipe ♡). It 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 by replying to this email.

What is on your bucket list this November?

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 atmosphere 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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