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Gratitude For Work That Challenged Me – Day 8 2025

Reflection

This year has been one of the most challenging years at work. I had a new team and a demanding programme to deliver. We achieved most of what we set out to do. I am very proud and grateful that we did. Priorities changed, and team members changed, but we did it in the end. There is still much to be done in the little time we have left before 2026 rolls around.

I have enjoyed the challenges that this year has brought. I am grateful for them. I always feel like a lack of growth is akin to a slow and painful death. Life becomes boring. So I am definitely grateful for the challenges, the growth and the feeling of being alive that it all brings.

A Question for You  

What is one thing in your life that challenged you this year that you feel grateful for?

Daily Quote

“Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.”


― Roy T. Bennett, 

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Bye for Now! Thanks for popping by.

“Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.”-Marie Curie

Bloganuary writing prompt
What’s the thing you’re most scared to do? What would it take to get you to do it?
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Wow! Another 31 days of Bloganuary done and dusted! Well, this time it was more or less 28 days for me as I missed a few. Well done to everyone who got through all 31 days. It is no easy feat.

On to today’s topic. What am I most scared to do? Well, I don’t speak life into any fears I may have. I have no desire to make them a reality. There are things that I have hesitated to do because of my conditioning around them, and as I became aware of them, I was able to push through the hesitancy or decide that it wasn’t something I wanted to do anyway and move on. 

There are things and situations that challenge me. Sometimes I wish that I could curl into a ball and just hide from them, but life is for the living, after all, so… I pick myself up, dust myself off, put my big girl panties on and deal with it.

I am going to keep this short and sweet.

Thanks for popping by. Be Blessed.

Celebrating 2023: A Month of Gratitude – Day 19

5 days to Christmas and I have only purchased 1 gift so far! I have a lot more to be grateful for though.

Hi Again. There are 5 days to Christmas and I have only bought one Christmas present. Talk about putting myself under pressure! I will get there eventually though. I always do. How is your Christmas shopping going? I hope it’s better than mine.

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The thing I am most grateful for today is that my son has reached his first destination safely. He has one more leg to go in a few days time. I know he is going to have a really good Christmas but I will definitely miss him every day.

Today I had a very good stakeholder meeting at work. As I mentioned last week, I have had been offered a cool opportunity at work. I didn’t realise at all how cool it was (well at least to me) until today’s meeting. I feel like I have been preparing for this opportunity for a while now and I didn’t quite realise it. I was really just reading books and articles that really interested me with the intention to implement everything I learnt but no-one else has been in the same space. I have felt like I have been trying to push people up a hill so that they can get to the summit and see what see and it has been exhausting.  Now I have the opportunity to lead a team in the same direction. It will still be exhausting but it will be a very different type of exhaustion if that makes sense. I am so excited and very grateful. I am also very nervous as I have never been give this level of responsibility before. I can only thank God for bringing me to this and I need to trust that He will lead me through it.

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2024 is going to be a wonderful challenge and I look forward to the person I will be at the end of it. What challenges and opportunities are you looking forward to in 2024? Let me know in the comments.