What I change in my routine when the season turns

Every turn of the season the same thing happens in the practice: people arrive saying they cannot get going. It is not a coincidence. The light changes, the hours change, and the body takes a few weeks to fall back into step.

I do nothing dramatic. I adjust three things and let time do the rest.

Moving dinner earlier

When the days are long we end up eating late almost without noticing. Once it gets dark at seven, still having dinner at ten leaves the body working when it was already time to stop.

I move dinner half an hour earlier each week until I find a time that will hold all winter. Half an hour is very little: that is exactly why it works.

Looking for morning light

Fifteen minutes of daylight before mid-morning. There is no need to go for a walk or to set yourself any goal: having breakfast by the window or going out for bread without hurrying is enough.

The hardest part of small habits is believing they do anything at all.

Changing the cream, not the whole routine

When the weather turns, skin asks for something richer than in high summer. I change the texture and nothing else: if you change four products at once and something does not agree with you, there is no way to know which one it was.

One change, three weeks, and then you decide.

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None of this is a prescription. It is what works for me and what I usually suggest as a starting point, knowing that every body keeps its own pace.