Gratitude List

 Things I'm grateful for this month:

• Gingerbread lattes
• Yule/the Winter Solstice
• Going to Haskins Roundstone garden centre
  
• Christmas
• Books
• Friendship
  
• Christmas trees 
• The weather warming up again after a cold spell

Gratitude List + November Thoughts

 Things I'm grateful for this month:

• Golden late autumn days
• Going to Creams Cafe in Brighton
• Autumn beauty
• Hot chocolate
• Doing some belly dancing again
• Going to Action for Happiness meetups again
• Feeling "seen" by others
• Finding inspiration in the world
   

Thoughts

In addition to my monthly gratitude list, I decided to share some random thoughts.  I haven't written many posts this year apart from my Gratitude Lists. I do have a couple of ideas in mind but for now I'm just going to do a sort of "mini" blog post.

This time of year feels a bit hard to me in some ways because the days are getting shorter and darker as we move towards winter. (Although I find January the hardest really). I've mentioned before that I struggle a bit during autumn. I also have a seasonal living blog called The Seasonal Life and I've gone a bit more into that subject over there, e.g. about how I find the transition from summer to autumn more difficult than that of the one from winter to spring. It feels like a "pulling in" as we move towards the darkest part of the year, the Winter Solstice (also known as Yule) in December, which is the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.

Autumn is a beautiful time of year but it's also quite melancholy for me because nature is dying off and the weather becoming bleaker. Several years ago, I went through a hard time during October (I wrote the post When You're Struggling then) but when November came, I felt a bit "lighter" again. These past couple of years have been extra hard for everyone with the pandemic and other issues/events such as racial unrest and the war in Ukraine. Things still feel very uncertain. 

I tend to feel a bit weary during the last part of the year because while sometimes the year seems to have gone quite quickly, some months feel long! The time from September to December always seem to go quickly.

I haven't felt as inspired to blog on here as much over the past two years, although I have written more regularly on The Seasonal Life and my entertainment blog Star Sparkle Blog. I think posts here require more "energy" because I'm covering deeper subjects. I do still enjoy it though and I'm glad that I have this space to reflect on self-help/personal development and spiritual subjects. Next year it will be 10 years since I started Falling Petals! I will do a birthday post.

A couple of months ago I picked up my Feeling Your Emotions series again after a break of 2 and a half years, writing a recap post. I plan to write more in that series next year. I've also been looking into the Law of Assumption (after previously having only known the Law of Attraction).

So that's it for now! Next month I will do my annual end of year post, which will be more in-depth. Thank you for reading and hope everyone is doing ok. I know that in America you just had Thanksgiving, so I hope that those who celebrated had a good time. :) 

Photo: Buckingham Park, Shoreham-by-sea. Moonsparkle 2022.

Gratitude List

 Things I'm grateful for this month:

• Golden autumn days
• Going to the beach- probably the last time I'll go before it gets too cold!
• Autumn colours
• Positive online spaces 
• Listening to music 
• Coffee
  
• The weather being not too cold but pleasantly cooler
• Hallowe'en/Samhain tomorrow! 

 

And here's a photo I took recently of a tree turning beautiful autumn colours:

Tree in Shoreham-by-sea.

 

Gratitude List

 Things I'm grateful for this month:

• The last of summer
  
• Going to Goring (Worthing) Beach
• Madron/the Autumn Equinox
• Getting new library books
  
• The trees beginning to change colour
• The start of autumn
• Beautiful sunsets. :) 
  
• Connecting with people online

Feeling Your Emotions Recap

Back in 2017 I started a series called Feeling Your Emotions. The intention was to look at different emotions (such as anger, sadness, fear, peace and love) and get in touch with them, to help heal and move forward. You can read the introduction here: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2017/11/feeling-your-emotions-introduction.html

Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor, so if you're having mental/physical issues please seek medical help in addition to reading this. :)

I  haven't done any new posts in the series for over 2 years (2 and a half years this month actually), so I felt like now was a good time to do a recap. I started with the so-called "negative" emotions, intending to work my way up to more "positive" ones. However, I didn't end up covering love or peace (which I intended to do next), since I just didn't feel in a space to write about them, especially with the events of the past two years.

I'm going to revisit the previous posts, plus take another look at emotions in general and then decide where to take FYE next.

Gratitude List

I nearly forgot to do this month's Gratitude List but remembered on the last day of the month! So that's why this post is not on my usual posting days. :) 

 

Things I'm grateful for this month:

• Lammas
• Going to Kaspas Desserts- I'd been meaning to try it for ages!
• Gentle windy days and breezes
• Golden morning light
  
• The last few weeks of summer
• Living in a country where I get to experience different seasons (despite not being a fan of winter!)
• Weekly park walks
  
• Finding inspiration on YouTube

 

Here are a couple of photos I took in the park recently:

Hove Park.

A few leaves are already starting to turn!

Wishing everyone a wonderful end of month, and start to the new month and new season ahead (whether it's autumn or spring for you)!

Gratitude List

Things I'm grateful for this month:

• First full month of summer
• Ice cream
• Going to the beach
• BrownandBendy blog posts (to accompany Dominique's videos on manifesting)
  
• New recipes, meal ideas and meal prep inspiration
• The lighter atmosphere I feel in summer
• Baking
• Having access to nature- the country and the beach 

 

And here is a picture I took at the beach recently, at sunset:

Lancing Beach.