After spending a month dressed in gray, April 2025 marked the beginning of my green month as part of my 12 Colors in 12 Months project.
Green is a color I have always loved. It never felt challenging or distant to me – quite the opposite. Still, I was curious to see what would happen if I wore green consciously every single day for an entire month. Would it bring new insights, or would it simply confirm what I already knew?
As always, I immersed myself completely: clothing, food, objects, daily rituals, and even an experiment with green light therapy. What I didn’t anticipate was that this month would also be accompanied by low energy, illness, and a strong need to slow down.
Entering the Green Month
The green month began on April 1st. I decided to include green light therapy as an experiment and made it part of my project for the month. As with every new color month, the very first thing I noticed was cars in that color. Suddenly, green cars were everywhere.
My focus shifted immediately. Compared to gray – which had felt subtle, calm, and almost invisible – green felt alive. Everything suddenly seemed fuller, more vibrant, more energetic. Green entered my life with movement.
Fully Immersed in Green
I painted my nails green, bought green flowers, filled my kitchen with leafy greens, salads, and vegetables for green smoothies, and replaced my gray chair with a green one. My phone case turned green, my pen was green, and my wardrobe was carefully prepared.
I didn’t own many green jackets yet, but I planned to change that. I also bought green Adidas sneakers, which quickly became a favorite. Like every month, I planned and organized everything carefully – green became part of every detail of my daily life.
Meet the Greens
Very early in the month, I came up with a new Instagram format: presenting one shade of green each day. I called it Meet the Greens. It felt like a natural and playful way to explore the richness of green more deeply, shade by shade.
The Need for Silence and Low Energy
About a week into the month, I wrote about how much I needed silence – something that isn’t new for me. I felt like I was coming down with a cold and had far less energy than expected, even though I had planned to do many things.
I had just attended a blogger meetup in Stuttgart, which was very inspiring. I left full of ideas, enthusiasm, and creative impulses. At the same time, I think that’s where – or perhaps on the train ride – I caught a cold. Shortly after, I felt exhausted and overwhelmed, as if my body couldn’t keep up with the mental excitement.
At the beginning of the green month, everything had felt light, uplifting, and full of life and joy. I remember thinking about that feeling during a walk, aware of how different my energy felt just a few days later.
Green Light Therapy and Meditation
I experimented with green light therapy and combined it with meditation. It didn’t work the way I had hoped. I couldn’t relax. My thoughts were busy and persistent, and meditation felt almost impossible. I started to wonder whether green light might be more activating than calming for me.
A Gentle Reminder to Slow Down
That day, my enthusiasm dropped noticeably. I became aware of how easily I started overthinking this project instead of simply enjoying it – even though enjoyment was the whole point from the beginning. It was a quiet reminder that I want my blog to remain the heart of this project, rather than slipping back into constant Instagram pressure.
More importantly, it reminded me that this journey should follow joy and curiosity, not obligation. Feeling low that day was probably connected to getting sick. My body was clearly asking for rest. Perhaps it was simply time to slow down and reflect on how I want to continue.
To Be Continued…
In Part 2, I’ll share how the green month unfolded physically and symbolically – including illness during a “healing” color, green in nature and food, unexpected confirmations, and why green ultimately feels like home to me.
Read Part 2 here:
Wearing Green for a Month – My Personal Insights and Reflections (Part 2)
If you’d like to read about previous color months, you can find them here:
