Gratitude List

 Things I'm grateful for this month:

• Deeper autumn colours
• Autumn leaves
  
• Marmite tortilla chips- I just tried them recently and want to try the crisps as well!
• Wendy's Frozen Hot Chocolate Frosty
  
• Sunshine after lots of rain
• Aileen of Lavendaire's Diary of Becoming YouTube video series- I especially enjoyed Mindfulness & The Power of Awareness (Diary #4).
  
• Hallowe'en chocolate!
  
• Halloweeen/Samhain coming up this week!
  

Gratitude List

 Things I'm grateful for this month:

• Having drinks from Krispy Kreme
  
• Madron/Mabon aka the Autumn Equinox
• Going to Hove Park
  
• Starbucks coming on Deliveroo in my area!
  
• The start of autumn colours as trees change
• Golden September light 
• Into the Magic Shop by Dr James Doty- currently reading it 
• Connecting with like-minded people online
  

Gratitude List

 Things I'm grateful for this month:

• Lammas
• Going to the park (I went for Lammas)
• Going to Burger King
  
• Going to Five Guys
• Last full month of summer
• Late summer light
• Wearing flip flops again now that the weather's finally got better!
• Listening to older music that I hadn't heard for a while
  

Gratitude List

 Posting on a Tuesday again but never mind! :)

Things I'm grateful for this month:

• Going to a belly dance event
  
• Hotter days that feel more like summer!
• Blue skies
  
• Ice cream/dessert places
• Using Pinterest for meal inspiration
  
• YouTube- I've been finding some good content on there lately
  
• A Good Vibe post about when being positive isn't working
• You Are A F*cking Success by Noor Hibbert- a book about manifesting that I'm currently reading

Gratitude List

 Things I'm grateful for this month: 

• Meeting up with my belly dance friends again
• Litha/the Summer Solstice
• Going to Hove Park for Litha
• Going to Burger King
• Winning £5 twice with McDonald's Surprize fries! 
• Iced coffees
  
• Hotter, sunnier weather
• The long days at this time of year

Mid-2024 Reflections

We're halfway through the year again, so it's time for my annual mid-year reflections post! I've been writing these since 2018 (6 years now), although my first one was in May, so not quite during the middle of the year. You can see my previous posts at the links below:

Reflections (2017): https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2017/05/reflections.html

Mid-2018-Reflecions: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2018/06/mid-2018-reflections.html

Mid-2019 Reflections: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2019/06/mid-2019-reflections.html

Mid-2020 Reflections: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2020/06/mid-2020-reflections.html

Mid-2021 Reflections: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2021/06/mid-2021-reflections.html

Mid-2022 Reflections: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2022/06/mid-2022-reflections.html

Mid-2023 Reflections: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2023/06/mid-2023-reflections.html

 

I also write an end of year post. You can see 2023's here: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2023/12/letting-go-of-2023.html

The first half of 2024 has been ok but not really great. I did feel better than last year though. I had an anxious start to the year and struggled with health anxiety. I've also felt really down at times.

I mainly just went to Happy Café meetups (organised by Action for Happiness) and for park walks. I've got out of the routine of going to the park again lately though, due to various circumstances. I did go the other day though, as part of my celebrations for Litha/the Summer Solstice. I haven't been belly dancing lately but I met up with my dance friends at a pub a couple of times, which was nice.

Gratitude List

I normally post on Sundays or Mondays but since I wrote another post yesterday, I'm posting May's Gratitude List today instead. :)

Things I'm grateful for this month:

• Beltane
• Going to the beach (I went around Beltane)
  
• Happy Café (Action for Happiness meetup)
• Getting a milkshake from Slim Chickens
• Going to the library and getting new books- I hadn't been for quite a while!
  
• More sunny days- although it's gone colder at the moment, it's been sunnier this month.
• Roses
  
• Finding people you resonate with