February 2024

The second month of the new calendar year and it appears I am super grateful for food! Be it batch cooking at the weekends, food from work, or treats from people - food is everywhere. I suppose it really has gotten to the point where I am really grateful for the little things in life. [...]

January 2024

First month to the new year and it appears I've just done a lot of sleeping and napping and eating - it's like Christmas and New Years have just continued into to January! Reading back on January's gratitude journal it appears I'm super grateful for Artemis helping me stay present, as well as the hubby [...]

August 2023

It seems like August was ages away, but I have been super busy, so this gratitude journal is being published a little later than planned. Reading back on August, it sounds lovely: the weather, the dog cuddles, the ice cream, the TV, and the podcasts. Though I do recall it being a tough month as [...]

July 2023

What a month it's been. These monthly gratitude journal posts are the only posts I've been able to keep up with at the moment, and I'm just managing to keep up with the daily sit down and review of how I feel at the end of each day. I admit that my work life balance [...]

Ending my relationship with perfectionism

Recently I listened to a TED talk podcast episode called Breaking Up with Perfectionism and it was really enlightening. Host Adam Grant spoke about his own experiences with perfectionism and gave some advice on how to stop being a perfectionist. My relationship with perfectionism Personally I have had issues with perfectionism and I am slowly [...]

May 2022

May is my birthday month and I have learnt a lot this month. I've learnt more about myself, my habits, mental health, self care, and about various people in my life. I am super grateful that I have people in my life who feel safe to be open and honest with me. I have had [...]

December 2021

The last month of the calendar year. This post is a little later than planned, but felt I needed to reflect on the year as a whole first and look into the next year before fully appreciating this last month. So December has sure been a cold month, evidently from my daily gratitudes of warm [...]

May 2021

Spring has sprung and it's May already - my birthday month. Reading back on my daily gratitudes, and I'm reminded that so much has happened! How was this all in one month? A lot of entertainment was consumed: films, TV, books, podcasts. Went down Memory Lane for a little too, which was not unexpected as [...]