This month

This morning, I read an article by Alexandra Franzen:

‘So THAT happened….!’ A journaling practice for people that tend to forget their own awesomeness.

What it basically entails is that you write down the cool things you did this month.

Sometimes it is enough to just change your perspective and something boring becomes new.

I also tried that with the pictures for this post. 
Different points of view leave my house looking excitedly unfamiliar :-).

Please join me in honoring the (extra)ordinary!

 

This January, I

•  had  a whole month of healthy! Fruit for breakfast, lots of salad, daily trampoline jumping and daily yoga, to counteract my tendency to sit on the couch and read and eat chocolate when emotionally upset. I am feeling (and looking) so much better for it! 

• learned a lot about a certain boy band Eva is obsessed with

• managed to see disappointment as a chance rather than a loss, and to accept it with dignity instead of entitlement. Read that again and realized how pompous that sounds. Will leave it in anyway because it is true, and something I am proud of :-)

• wrote three poems and loved it! 

 

• went to two birthday parties, a baby shower, a reunion with old friends, and a Saturday afternoon braai, and had fun

• harvested and ate my first home grown mangoes

• spent a lot of time thinking about what I want in life, what is important to me, which compromises are appropriate and which lead to selling-out

• got up at 5 every weekday morning without complaining :-)

• experienced intense happiness in seemingly ordinary moments

 

• remembered to put the dustbins out on time (imperative in our current heat wave. The smell is unbelievable if you forget it :-) )

• worked with a lot of clients and so enjoyed it! I love it when people realize their own potential

• found a puppy and brought her home. She is sweet and cocky and quite clever, and does all the usual puppy things (chew shoes, pee on carpets, run in front of cars, and sleep during the day while jumping around at night, looking for company)

• connected with you guys on a much deeper level. I had so many beautiful email exchanges, and heartfelt, supportive and interesting comments. What a blessing you are!

This is it for me. What happened in your January?

Lots of love,

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