5 Birth Months Who Should Say Yes To One Thing This October
October can be a fresh start for the small things you keep postponing. The invitation you haven't answered. The afternoon you've promised yourself once everything else is done. You can make a little room for something you want before you feel completely ready for it. For these five birth months, here's a yes worth considering.
January: Help With That Unfinished Project
January, think of the friend who offered to help assemble the bookcase still sitting in its box. You probably thanked them, said you'd let them know, and went right back to planning how you'd manage it yourself. This October, give them a day to come over. You don't have to exhaust every possible way of doing something alone before accepting company.
There can be something surprisingly lovely about spending an afternoon figuring out the instructions together, laughing at the leftover screw, and finally putting your books where you wanted them. The task you've been avoiding becomes time with someone who wanted to be there. Let them.
April: The Beginner Class You've Been Eyeing
You can picture yourself painting, April. It's the possibility of being visibly bad at it that keeps you looking at the class description instead of signing up. Choose one beginner session for October. Give your curiosity an actual evening, with a table to sit at and paint you get to mix yourself. You're allowed to enjoy the color you've made even if the bowl you're painting looks a little like a potato. Let October be when you find out whether you enjoy the doing as much as the daydream.
May: Dinner With People You Don't Know Yet
Somewhere between passing the bread and hearing how two people met, a table full of acquaintances can become a place you're enjoying yourself. May, that's the possibility inside the dinner invitation you've been debating. If the quieter start of autumn has left you wanting a little more company, say yes. Your friend already wants you there. You can bring something to share and let the conversation unfold without feeling responsible for entertaining everybody. You may discover that the person you knew least has a sense of humor you love. Leave a little space in October for that kind of surprise.
August: An Afternoon With Nothing To Accomplish
Pick an October afternoon while you can still see a little space on the calendar, August, and keep it for yourself. You have a way of treating free time as an opening for another obligation. Even your rest can acquire a purpose: catch up on reading, organize the house, return feeling twice as useful. This time, leave the afternoon undecided. You might spend an hour watching the rain and never get around to the book. You might make yourself lunch slowly. Let the pleasure of having nowhere to hurry be enough to make those hours worthwhile.
October: Coffee With The Friend You Miss
Your birthday month gives you a simple opening, October: “I'd really love to see you. Are you free for coffee?” Send it to the friend you keep meaning to catch up with, the one you drifted from because life got crowded. You may have been waiting until you had enough news, or until you could explain why so much time passed. A coffee date can begin with being glad to see each other. Ask about the little things you no longer hear about every day. Let them get to know the present version of you, too. There's something beautiful about an old friendship making room for a new chapter.