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Celebrating 2023: A Month of Gratitude – Day 8

My home is my safe haven. My son and I have lived here longer than anywhere else. We have had a lot of firsts here and lots of highs and lows. My home is does not look perfect but it is where my son and I get to be our perfectly imperfect selves every single day. I love my home and I am very grateful for it. I am also grateful that I can afford it in these very turbulent times. I am thankful that I made it through another year in my home.

It’s also 3 years this month since I bought my car. I thought the novelty of driving her would have worn off by now but I still love it! It is such a zippy little car. I am grateful to own the car that I do and to still be able to have fun driving it.

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Celebrating 2023: A Month of Gratitude – Day 7

I passed my exams!!! I cannot begin to tell you how grateful I am to have achieved this! I needed to complete just 2 more subjects this year in order to graduate with my BA Honours in Psychology. I earned a distinction for one and scraped through by the skin of my teeth with the other but I will take it! A pass is a pass!

I also what to say thank you to all who have congratulated me and especially to my friend, Gayle, who went out with me to have a coffee to celebrate. Alcohol is not really my thing anymore but coffee is definitely life!

I am grateful for the privilege of being able to study a little later than most. As I mentioned in a previous post, I am a bit of a late bloomer. My curiosity around why we do what we do only became apparent to me when I joined the R&D team. My desire to learn about and understand psychological principles only became apparent to me 10 years ago. I would really love to spend the rest of my days doing tons of academic research especially around the psychology of consumerism. I suspect there is a lot to uncover as well as the mind, body and spirit connection. Watch this space…

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Celebrating 2023: A month of gratitude – day 6

Hello again. Welcome back. Can you belief that it is 18 days to Christmas! I need to get my Christmas tree up! Have you put yours up yet?

Today I am grateful for my newfound confidence. I have spent my whole life second guessing myself and not believing that I was capable of great things. Clearly God had enough of it because He has sent me people over the past year and a bit who have helped understand that:

  • No-one is perfect
  • Perfection is over-rated
  • It’s ok to make mistakes
  • I belong in rooms and spaces I find myself in.
  • I am worthy of all the good things God has in store for me. I have been limiting Him.

A bit late to figure this out but rather late than never. I am very grateful that I have.

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