There are lots of things you can do to enjoy winter this year in or around your amazing Los Angeles apartments. If you’re in the mood for being social, just put on your best coat and gloves and check out Eventbrite to see what sorts of celebrations are happening around you. If you’re more interested in being cooped up in your fabulous apartments, consider doing a little writing while listening to some new music.

Perhaps you’ve always wanted to journal, write a book, put together a screenplay, or compose a song. Winter’s the perfect time to do so! If you need a little inspiration on how to get started, click here.

You see, if you stay inside and write while it’s cold and rainy outside, you’ll experience the once in a lifetime state called chrysalism. This is “the amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm, listening to waves of rain pattering against the roof like an argument upstairs, whose muffled words are unintelligible but whose crackling release of built-up tension you understand perfectly (according to the Oxford Dictionary).”