“If you are not happy, you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.”
~Robertson Davies
This whole November project was supposed to be about being positive. optimistic, and hopeful. Unfortunately, I haven’t done a great job of that so far. I know we can’t always control when we have our “good days” and “bad days” so to say, and this month has had a few more “bad days” than I was anticipating. After doing some much needed reflection, and reading the comments from many of you here on my blog, I’ve decided to really take today’s quote to heart.
It is my goal to identify “10 Treasures” in my life. These will range from things I enjoy about my life, to things that make me happy, good things that have happened recently, and even things that I look forward to on a daily basis. If I come up with more, that’s great! Hopefully this will be the beginning of a new trend I can start for myself.
My Treasures:
1. Playing Mario Kart with A
2. Fitbit daily step challenges with K
3. Practicing Tae Kwon Do with A, watching him get his stripe, and then witnessing his excitement when he realized that his hard work paid off.
4. I got some of my clinical evaluations and I was consistently “above average” and “outstanding” on all evaluations from multiple rotations.
5. Our Nanny application was finally approved
6. Reading books at bedtime with E (and A too)
7. I live in a city with LOTS of great shopping
8. I love my house – It is a beautiful place to come home to every day
9. I no longer have to do laundry, clean my house, or cook on most days
10. Going out for “ice cream” (frozen yogurt) with my family
11. I’m no longer nauseous every day and I have less than 1 panic attack per week (on average)
There you have it… It took me a little while to come up with 11 things, which makes me think that I need to spend more time looking for the treasures in my life. Some of my treasures are quite small but an important part of my day. Most importantly, they bring joy and happiness to my life in different ways. Hopefully the more often I take the time to do this “exercise,” the more I will find that my life really isn’t falling apart as much as I think.
Nanny application? Did I miss a post? Don’t you have a Nanny?
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Yes, we do have a nanny. However, we have been waiting to actually get approval from the government to actually “hire” her. Up until now we’ve been paying her privately and keeping our fingers crossed that we would be approved. I think I wrote about it way back in September sometime, when we first “found” her.
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The nanny thing just got resolved. Wowsa.
TKD is great, M went for several years, from first grade up to when he started high school.
Congrats on the evaluations 🙂
What version of Mario Kart? Yeah, I am kind of addicted to that.
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Thanks! Yeah, the nanny thing took a long time! I don’t really know what version of Mario Kart… It’s the original one on the Wii…
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Hey Rockstar, the list rocks and I love it! I dig the shopping! 🙂 you will find it easier as time goes by because you will start to see little treasures each day that makes your life awesome, like having a cup of coffee made for you by someone who cares about you 🙂 xoxo
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Thanks! It was kind of fun to just sit back and think about everything that i do in a day…
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Like having my nanny working on a Saturday so I can have a little time to myself???
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Oh yeah!!! Definitely another to add to the list!
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Mario Kart always makes things better. As does frozen yoghurt!
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Mario Kart brings out way too much of my competitive side…
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