I have no real excuse this year - last year was the year of opposites, I had a lot on at work, my mother and father in law died 21 days apart, I got married four months later, there was grief, there was a Canadian honeymoon, there was stuff going on.
I'd be lying if I said this year had been smooth sailing, but there's been more of a sense of calm.
I get to autumn and I get all airy fairy and contemplative, it's no longer about making it through the year, it's, as my boss beautifully put it this week, limping towards Christmas.
Years ago, and about three blogs ago - if you can be bothered scrolling far enough through the archive I've uploaded here - I used to write happy lists of all the things that made me happy, because I was a bit like Joy from inside out - happy because happy and even when it's bad choose happy.
I'm still an eternal optimist, but I'm a little less annoying with it.
I decided I'm now gonna do gratitude lists - which sounds wishy washy, but I think it's important.
So, at this stage in the year, I'm grateful:
- For having had opportunities to develop professionally
- For my mother offering to do laundry loads when I've tapped out of my resilient zone
- For my husband doing things like assembling a laptop table in case I want to work from the couch
- For pumpkin spice lattes
- For my dog for never judging me and always being happy to see me and for giving me amazing cuddles
- For a hairdresser who doesn't say 'you're 35 and have curly hair, of course you can't get a fringe' but instead says 'we can totally do that.'
- For a holiday I'll never forget, while beautiful reminded me everything I have to be grateful for
- For spotify for generally suggesting the right vibe on the right day
- For music in general
- For crunchy leaves, while I haven't walked in any yet, they never let me down.
- For chunky knit cardigans and comfy sweaters/jumpers.
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