how to enjoy a cloudy day
First look up and stare. Really take in the clouds. Realize that the clouds are moving. Realize that since the clouds are moving, this won’t last. It will be sunny again. This cloud cover too shall pass.
Second, is it raining? If it is think about that Office Episode where they try to get Phyllis to list her 12 cliches for when it rains. Here they are:
The plants are going to love this.
I sure don’t want to get stuck in this on the way home.
It’s raining cats and dogs.
The humidity is going to make my hair freak.
The roads are slickest in the first half hour.
We’re pay for all the sun we got this year.
This weather just makes me want to stay at home curled up with a good book.
If we lived in Seattle, every day would be like this.
I wish I were allowed one rain check a year.
I love the smell after it rains.
Nobody knows how to drive in the rain.
I actually sleep better in the rain.
There is some great gratitude on this list.
Yes the plants are going to love this and they probably really need it.
We’re paying for all the sun, that’s kind of a karmic look at things. Like we have to get through some cloudy days to earn our sunny days. Or we don’t enjoy the sunny days until we have had to experience the cloudy days.
Stay at home with a book, absolutely. I would do this anyway sun or clouds. But it does feel extra cozy to be reading and glance up from your book and look outside and see rain drops. Even better if it’s snowing.
I think we’re allowed as many rain checks as we want each year, it’s called having boundaries?
I do love the smell after it rains.
I too, sleep better in the rain. Sometimes I’ll use rain storm hitting a roof as a white noise track.
Okay, but what if it’s not raining and it’s just cloudy.
Well even better because you’re not getting blasted by rain or by sunshine.
You could always move to a sunnier location.
You could just go back inside and sleep till it’s sunny again.
You could appreciate the hat that nature is putting on for you, protecting you.
Personally I love cloudy days. I feel like the world expects less of me on cloudy days. I feel like there is less pressure from society to get things done. Like it’s an easier day, more casual when it’s cloudy.
So I guess find a way to enjoy it. If you can’t, just remember the clouds are moving and this won’t last forever.
