So, here we go again – the holidays are over and it’s my first day back at work. I’m hopeful that it’s going to be somewhat less intense this time around, but I’m probably just being naive. Our daughter will start school and the house finally needs to be fully furnished, so it’ll be a busy autumn even if office life will not be totally insane. Which it will.

But I’m looking forward to the next months and I’m not (just) being masochistic. I’ve always liked September and when most people make New Year’s resolutions, I feel like a brand new, better person every autumn. New life will begin. There will be healthy breakfasts and serious books on current affairs and exercise and consistency in my parental principles! There will be a more organized, more fabulous, nicer and smarter, all-around improved version of me!

I will of course fail miserably at most of it, but I’m not too concerned. Yes, I’ll only read a third of the books on my list, but this is still much better than not having a list and not reading anything. Yes, I will forget I own that baobab powder and no longer use it with bio yoghurt every morning, but the five times I did it still mean five more breakfasts than I would otherwise have had. I’m an enthusiasm-based person and even if the enthusiasm doesn’t last forever, there’ll be something else to be excited about. I’ll replace baobab powder with moringa one and have another five breakfasts.

As of today, I’ll be back to the 6-times-a-week posting schedule and I intend to keep it that way for the foreseeable future. This might change, if I run out of ideas or it just isn’t feasible any longer, but for the moment, the enthusiasm reserves are pretty full. In case you have any particular things you’re interested in, do let me know and I’ll do my best to oblige.

Have a good autumn and drop by, when you have a moment (I really appreciate that you guys didn’t disappear over the summer and kept reading, thank you!). There’ll be dresses and books and autumn scents and almond flour and maybe even eye make-up. What excitement!

PS This isn’t really a rant, but this is the closest category I’ve got.