Three good things I'm grateful for:

1. The space to care for myself first thing in the morning. I put a heating pad on my back while I meditated, then followed it with ice. It felt nurturing and intentional.

2. The loving-kindness practice I did, starting with myself and then extending it to others. It truly filled me up with warmth and love.

3. Getting to spend time again with someone I really like. It feels good to enjoy our time together without depending on them for my happiness. I'm simply appreciating what we share.

#3GoodThingsToday #3goodthings #threegoodthings #gratitude #gratitudepractice #gratitudelist

"Gratitude triggers the happy hormones in the brain and fills us with feel-good vibes. When gratitude is forced or is bypassing pain it can compound feelings of failure and hopelessness.

The dark side of gratitude is that it sounds great and can be easily misused. Mind yourself, mind your heart, mind your emotions, they hold the key to the balance we all seek."

Read the full article here
–>https://grateful.org/resource/the-dark-side-of-focusing-on-gratitude/

#gratitudelist #gratitudepractice #darkside #gratitude #mindfulness

+ position opened up at a firm I follow, turns out a Bay Area LinkedIn friend turned Canadian neighbour's partner works there so he's willing to hand in my application directly! I know I'm very fortunate

+ newly married friends visiting me from San Jose, CA this weekend
+ can finally give them handmade gifts for past Christmas (non perishable)
+ planning on park walk, tea, sweet treats coz that's how I (cake) roll *hardy har har*

- fam living far away has been sick for a week so sending them love and positive txts, voice notes to keep them uplifted during the 2nd week of isolation (not Covid, just a flu & they never get sick so...)

+ after overnight wind warning, calm & bright in Vancouver now: happy nothing on our patio was damaged

+ senior kitty doing well today after a lot of hugs, warm face towel bath this weekend, pet reiki and massage these past few days (minor nosebleed gone) @3goodthings

Thank you. I love you: Always & Forever.

#GratitudeList #RampageOfAppreciation #ThreeGoodThingsToday

+ friend apologized for emotionally dumping (recurring pattern), they need therapy 🫢

You see: friends are someone to have intimate convos with, not an emotional punching bag or dumping ground (had to lay some #boundaries; ensure i don’t enable them) ❤️‍🩹

+ #ProductManagement crash course this weekend 🧠

+ 2 mentor calls next week ☺️

+ mini #reunion with girl friends also next week 😍

+ family dinner tonight

+ feeling good about not being on FB IG anymore

+ listening to Andrea Bocelli and Josh Groban this morning

+ quick wash cycle on washing machines, a Godsend

#GratitudeList #RampageOfAppreciation #AppreciationPost

A very late #threegoodthings from yesterday.

1. My partner and I spent a lovely afternoon pottering together yesterday, enjoying each other’s company and easing into the Christmas spirit. Best thing about it was how well we communicated even in moments where one of us could have easily snapped we didn’t, we’ve been together a long time, but our communication has never been as good as it currently is.
2. We met lovely people on our travels, my partner isn’t naturally chatty but said he really enjoyed our little chats with random people along the way and is going to go out of his way to engage more with people.
3. After picking our tree at the Christmas tree farm and purchasing a couple of extra decorations we went home had a Chinese takeaway and decorated our lovely tree.

#3goodthings #ChristmasDecorating #grateful #gratitudelist

Done: 700 something words of a sub-part of lit review.

I'm doing something today! Yay!

#phdlife #mantra
#gratitudelist #progressreport

Done: supervision meeting materials with summary of points of analysis.

I'm doing something today.

#phdlife #mantra
#progressreport #gratitudelist