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Grateful – Day 5 2025

Today I am grateful to have made it through the first week of December. I love that December (or Dezemba as we like to call it in South Africa) is a culture. It’s a whole vibe! It is the license we give ourselves to say I will chuck “it “in the f*ck it bucket and deal with “it” another time.

Today was a bright and beautiful day and it was a sweltering 32 deg C. A reminder that summer is just around the corner. Everyone is counting the days until they go on a break. I also had a fun morning creating content ideas with our brand team. I really enjoy working with them. When I think of how miserable I was at work a few years ago because I didn’t feel valued by some of the team members I worked with, it’s a reminder that nothing stays the same and that “this too shall pass”. I guess it’s another reminder to always just get out of my own way.

I am also grateful for the little weekend break I am getting as my son is away. Let me also take this opportunity to thank God for the favour he has granted over my son this year. My son achieved a subject award once again this year, played for the 1st team and was appointed as a prefect. That can only be God.🙏🏽

What are you grateful for today? Let me know in the comments.

Thanks for popping by.🌼

Gratidude for closed doors – Day 3 2025

This is a lesson I have to learn time and time again…be grateful for closed doors. There is a reason that door wasn’t for you.

This year, I had a few doors closed in my face. Some just didn’t even open. My standard reaction was anger initially. Then, thanks to my anger, I got in my own way. Eventually I made the decision to just keep putting my best foot forward in what hopefully is the right direction and let go of the outcome. Time will tell what the right outcome for me is.

I don’t think I fully understood what it looks like to stand in my own way until I witnessed a colleague doing it to themselves. They were so caught up in getting what they wanted and telling themselves that it was what they needed that they just couldn’t see past it. From the outside, it looked like this person had walled themselves into a windowless room. My heart ached for them when I viewed their situation in this light. I can only pray they will find the door to the room they have built for themselves and find joy.

Thanks for popping by.

Don’t forget to be amazing!

A Month of Gratitude – Day 2 2025

Hi there! So I was just scrolling through my photos and it was a reminder of what a good year it was.

I have had so many great experiences this year. I got to capture the sunrise over Ballito on an autumn morning and watch the moon’s eclipse with my son. I got to watch my son do what he loves best, play soccer. Through my job, I travelled around the country promoting our latest product launch, and we appeared on TV twice. I got to meet and be inspired by the stories of two of our local sporting heroes, Dricus du Plessis, our ex UFC champ, and Andile Dlamini, who is our South African Women’s Soccer Team’s (Banyana Banyana) goalkeeper. I also got to give back through the Dove Self-Esteem project. We visited a school to remind grade 8 girls that they are beautiful as they are.