I like your thinking! My year has been a bit like that too but I've had decades of gloomth experience and the only thing I would add to the list is to play with makeup and fashion. Nothing cheers me up more than looking gloomy XD
Thanks so much for this post - need to expand my hot drinks range! I feel cosy and comforted after reading your words. I've recently finished "How to Winter" by Kari Lebeowitz, the neuroscience expert, who spent months in Tromso where they only have polar light for the darkest months of the year. It's an excellent complement to your Gloomth concept ✨
Adore this idea, along with Pomegranate Noir and Temple of Incense! I would also like to add selecting a dark classical themed playlist for reading or candlelit bathing to, just to really indulge in that gloomth
Omg I love these shows! Did you read the Call the Midwife book? I’m not a cryer and used to sob at Call the Midwife and the book!
“I have a cosy TV routine every autumn. I start by rewatching Gossip Girl (the original, f*ck the new one,) and Gilmore Girls. By December I’m balls deep in watching Call the Midwife, a cult British show that documents the lives of a group of midwives in London’s east end from the 1950s, it’s heartwarming and old timey.”
Oh wow! Didn’t know there was a tour. I would love to do that I also am trying out that cushion foundation stuff. I ordered through your link so 🤞🏻. It was the brand that had some kind of TikTok filter about finding one’s shade. It took me an embarrassing amount of time to figure out how to find and/or use said filter but I hope it works and I got the right shade. 🤣
*Family money, unfortunately, stopped after my Grandfather’s parents made it and my Grandfather was the most amazing grandfather but didn’t carry on his parents’ legacy nor did he make best use of any inheritance he got. 🤪🙈
I seem to be supporting WAY too many people at $5/month (or so) on my senior's pension, so I sadly cannot subscribe to your Substack, but I have purchased a copy of your book, which I am eagerly awaiting. Re the gloomth thing, perhaps you'd enjoy following Cecilia Blomdahl (on Youtube or Instagram), who lives on Svalbard, where it is now polar night. Her videos, also featuring her somewhat taciturn husband and adorable dog Grim, are very cozy and lovely at this time of year.
I like your thinking! My year has been a bit like that too but I've had decades of gloomth experience and the only thing I would add to the list is to play with makeup and fashion. Nothing cheers me up more than looking gloomy XD
I'm extremely into gloomth. As another goth who's scared of horror, my comfort watch is any Addams Family/sleepy hollow ☺️
I am absolutely here for the Gloomth! 🖤🖤💀
Thanks so much for this post - need to expand my hot drinks range! I feel cosy and comforted after reading your words. I've recently finished "How to Winter" by Kari Lebeowitz, the neuroscience expert, who spent months in Tromso where they only have polar light for the darkest months of the year. It's an excellent complement to your Gloomth concept ✨
Adore this idea, along with Pomegranate Noir and Temple of Incense! I would also like to add selecting a dark classical themed playlist for reading or candlelit bathing to, just to really indulge in that gloomth
Omg I love these shows! Did you read the Call the Midwife book? I’m not a cryer and used to sob at Call the Midwife and the book!
“I have a cosy TV routine every autumn. I start by rewatching Gossip Girl (the original, f*ck the new one,) and Gilmore Girls. By December I’m balls deep in watching Call the Midwife, a cult British show that documents the lives of a group of midwives in London’s east end from the 1950s, it’s heartwarming and old timey.”
I haven't got the book but I really should. They also do a tour around the set in Kent I think. Defo going to do that next year!! xx
Oh wow! Didn’t know there was a tour. I would love to do that I also am trying out that cushion foundation stuff. I ordered through your link so 🤞🏻. It was the brand that had some kind of TikTok filter about finding one’s shade. It took me an embarrassing amount of time to figure out how to find and/or use said filter but I hope it works and I got the right shade. 🤣
Randomly my Grandfather went to Sandhurst with Lord Lucan! 😅
*Family money, unfortunately, stopped after my Grandfather’s parents made it and my Grandfather was the most amazing grandfather but didn’t carry on his parents’ legacy nor did he make best use of any inheritance he got. 🤪🙈
Oh wow!!! Does he know where he went?
I tagged you in a note with a photo!
My Grandad died in 2021 but they were close or anything. They are just in a military photo together.
I seem to be supporting WAY too many people at $5/month (or so) on my senior's pension, so I sadly cannot subscribe to your Substack, but I have purchased a copy of your book, which I am eagerly awaiting. Re the gloomth thing, perhaps you'd enjoy following Cecilia Blomdahl (on Youtube or Instagram), who lives on Svalbard, where it is now polar night. Her videos, also featuring her somewhat taciturn husband and adorable dog Grim, are very cozy and lovely at this time of year.