Seasonal Shifts: How to Align Your Fascination with the Changing Seasons

Embracing the Beauty of Seasonal Changes

You don’t need to chase balance. You just need to be in rhythm.

We live in a world that insists on relentless consistency—same goals, same pace, same expectations, no matter what month it is. But that’s not how nature works. That’s not how people work. And it’s definitely not how fascination works.

Fascination, at its core, is a relationship with change. It thrives when we notice, when we shift, when we respond to the moment we’re in—not the one we think we should be in.

Each season brings with it a different kind of energy—a different invitation. If you’re feeling stuck, uninspired, or just slightly off, it might not be a failure of discipline. It might be a failure of seasonal alignment.

So here’s a poetic way to recalibrate:

Spring: The Season of Fractal Effort

🌱 Spring doesn’t ask for a full-blown reinvention. It asks for small, bold beginnings—the kind that look insignificant at first, but ripple outward in unexpected ways.

This is the season of fractal effort: tiny acts of movement that echo across your life. Sending one email you’ve been putting off. Rearranging your space. Starting a project not because it's strategic, but because it sparks something.

Try this:

• Don’t aim for a new routine. Aim for a new moment.
• Say yes to what you’d normally postpone.
• Start the thing. Even if you don’t finish it.

Summer: The Season of Creative Oxygen

☀️ Summer isn't about productivity. It's about presence. It’s the time when fascination often feels the most physical: sunlight on skin, color on canvas, music turned up just a bit too loud.

This is when we return to what I call creative oxygen—the things that make you feel alive but don’t check any boxes. Dancing in the kitchen. Saying something out loud just to hear how it sounds. Letting your phone die on purpose.

Try this:

• Trade efficiency for play.
• Chase joy without a strategy.
• Let yourself get absorbed in something "pointless"—that’s where originality hides.
  

Fall: The Season of Poetic Perception

🍂 Fall is for editing. Not just your work—but your beliefs, your pace, your stories. It’s a season of beautiful decay: where things don’t disappear, they transform.

This is where you lean into poetic perception—the art of seeing metaphor in the everyday. A leaf falling isn’t just a leaf. It’s a reminder that letting go can be elegant.

Try this:

• Take a slow walk. Write about what you're releasing.
• Think of two unusual or strange associations, and use one as a vehicle for metaphor.
• Look at your life like a novel—what chapter are you really in?

Winter: The Season of Stillness and Micro-Portals

Winter isn’t about withdrawal. It’s about depth. About creating space for what’s waiting quietly underneath. This is where micro-portals live—small practices that open big emotional doors.

A single candle in a dark room. A moment of eye contact. A quiet decision that shifts everything.

Try this:

• Build a ritual that’s just for you.
• Reflect on what you’ve been avoiding (gently).
• Be willing to do less—but notice more.

🌍 Seasonal Rhythm = Permission to Feel Differently

You are not a machine. You don’t need to feel the same way in January that you felt in July. The more you fight the rhythm, the more dissonance you create.

But when you align fascination with the season you’re in?

• Your energy returns
• Your creativity unfolds
• Your sense of self expands

Not because you forced it. But because you finally let yourself be in rhythm.

Feeling a shift coming?
You don’t have to figure it out all at once.

If you're curious where your fascination is pulling you next, you can:

📥 Share what's on your mind, by emailing me at [email protected]
Or 🌱 book a discovery call, if something’s quietly asking for your attention
No pressure. Just an open door.