Day 6 summer gratitude journal – just joy 🩷

This is day 6 of my summer gratitude journal challenge and It has been a big practice for me to push myself to actually journal regularly. It feels nice though to be able to write down and reflect on positive things (almost like I’m an occupational therapist who encourages gratitude practices for my clients….)! SometimesContinue reading “Day 6 summer gratitude journal – just joy 🩷”

Day 5 summer gratitude journal – Thank goodness you’re here!

This is day 5 of my summer gratitude journal challenge and thank you for being here with me! Today was an easy journal day as I just felt such gratitude at the end of the day which started off with lots of anxiety. I am an occupational therapist and starting off with new clients givesContinue reading “Day 5 summer gratitude journal – Thank goodness you’re here!”

Day 4 summer gratitude journal – Celebrating small wins

This is day 4 of my summer challenge, and I have to be completely transparent that I right after I celebrated posting for 3 days straight, I missed 2 days because I was two tired and having too many fun experiences (what a sin right haha) AND I am posting this two days after postingContinue reading “Day 4 summer gratitude journal – Celebrating small wins”

Day 3 summer gratitude journal – Small lessons

Day 3 of my summer gratitude challenge! Even though it is only 3 days into the 30 days, I am celebrating sticking to this commitment for this long (the amount of gratitude journals I have around my house that I’ve forgotten about is sinister). I am continuing with my approach of self compassion and beingContinue reading “Day 3 summer gratitude journal – Small lessons”

30 Day summer Gratitude journal challenge

It’s my first summer not working in the day program I used to work at and I am slowly building up my own business, which means my days look much different lately. I have more time to rest and do things that are good for my body, heart and mind. I am trying to fillContinue reading “30 Day summer Gratitude journal challenge”

Day 2 summer gratitude journal – What’s your song of the summer

Day 2 of my summer gratitude challenge! If you missed day 1, you can click here to go back to that page! I’m trying to be flexible in my expectations of journalling so that it is ok if I miss a day, so if you join late that’s ok! I wanted to get back intoContinue reading “Day 2 summer gratitude journal – What’s your song of the summer”

Day 1 summer gratitude journal – let’s get started

Day 1 of my summer gratitude challenge! I wanted to get back into journalling in a low barrier way, so I have sought out a bunch of different questions and will be trying to do this in 30 days in a row… will it happen that way? I don’t know but it’s ok if itContinue reading “Day 1 summer gratitude journal – let’s get started”

Creating a board for joy 🩷

In the present day, it can take a lot of effort to keep yourself in a state of happiness and calm with the amount of negative news that is available for us to consume. Everywhere you look, wars are happening, billionaires are creating policies and actions that harm the lower and middle class people, andContinue reading “Creating a board for joy 🩷”

Appreciating the little things, a practice of gratitude

Practicing gratitude daily is something that I have tried to implement not only in my own life, but in the days of my clients at the therapeutic day program I work at ! The adult group of clients I work with head to the forest for my forest program each day for 30 minutes, andContinue reading “Appreciating the little things, a practice of gratitude”

Living in the present and being grateful for where we are

What could you do differently? I am currently sitting at home on day 3 of having a fever on and off, with headaches and chills. I saw this prompt and was unsure where it was meaning to go. I read a comment from someone on the original prompt saying “this is super vague what isContinue reading “Living in the present and being grateful for where we are”