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Welcome to this new Gratitude Friday! Feel free to share with me your (partial or full) gratitude moments in the comments; that way I can hold joy for you ✿ (you know that makes me happy to make you happy).

And here we go: another school year has just started. My daughters are both in a different school from one another, and different schools from last year. I am the Mom of two teens in secondary now (say “whhhhhaaaaat???!”). It’s the first time ever that they are in school and I have a job outside of our home. I am very nervous about the new routine that needs to happen, I won’t lie. I might have cried yesterday morning, telling them I was sorry I won’t be there as usual.

This week, I am thankful for:

• Hot baths and books
• Good food
• The sushi platter my boss made for us for Mae’s birthday
• The good crying sessions that provide some stress relief
• The class idea I am working on
• Lunch breaks
• People finally talking to me at work
• The upcoming long weekend where my work will be close so I will have two days with the family out of the three they will have
• Plans

This week’s soundtrack:

Why always feel like life needs to be big and filled with fireworks? I noticed how important it was to my actual well-being to consider all the little things. This is what I call my nuggets of joy, they are as essential as the bigger ones.
Since mid-June, I feel like I am unravelling and this is not pleasant at all. I wish I knew how to control my thoughts patterns and my anxiety. I take plant tinctures every morning but it is not enough. So my coping mechanism is to figure out three nuggets of joy on the moment. Whatever they are.

Because I work in the food industry and can’t wear any jewelry. I had to say goodbye to my nose ring and two months after, I am still trying to make peace with the fact that I am not wearing it anymore. There’s also the fact that I can’t get my septum pierced as planned either… which sucks.
I have a special thing for my wedding rings, I never put them off. Never. Once, when I was pregnant, I had to get it cut and cried at the jewelry store. I can’t wear them anymore… It’s just a physical mark of the commitment I have towards my husband and our life together. I hate being without it.

A few of my current Nuggets of Joy

Now that both my husband and I work outside from home, time as a family is reduced.
I do my best to make it the best possible with them even though the girls REALLY need to become more independent and learn to clean up after themselves.
This picture was taken early one morning, while we were walking the dog. This, right there, never happens. First, because it was really early and they’re still on Summer Break. Two, because they never agree to walk the dog, especially not at the same time. SO it truly was a treat for me.

Another strange daily joy is my early morning workout. Seven days a week, you’ll find me in our basement working out. I am currently doing a 100-day program that I am totally loving. Also, being part of an accountability facebook group that is filled with amazing supportive women (we found each other through our love for an author, how fun!) helps a lot.
Working out shows me that I can actually commit to something daily and that my body is not (always) my enemy.

Playing in my Art Journals is a stress relief I use as often as I can. Even if it is only for a few minutes in the morning, or on my days off. I am not looking for perfection or even to finish any spread. I go in there to process feelings, to have a little fun and to get it out… This is my therapy, right there.

On my days off, I love putting back some of my Sacred Adornments and dress as I feel like.
At work, I wear a specific jacket over my t-shirt so people know which department I belong to.
It might sound silly but not being able to be on the outside as I am on the inside is something that weighs heavily on my heart.
Putting some eyeliner and lipstick makes me me, as well.

What about you? do you cultivate this notion of finding the little moments in your life and cherish them as much as I do?

Welcome to this new Gratitude Friday! Feel free to share with me your (partial or full) gratitude moments in the comments; that way I can hold joy for you ✿ (you know that makes me happy to make you happy).

Trying to type while I badly cut off a piece of my fingernail yesterday at work is a challenge. But you know how this weekly ritual is important to me. So here I am. This week marks the fact that I took a big (to me) step forward, now we will see where this will lead…

This week, I am thankful for:

• I attended Shawn Mendes’ concert with my daughter Maelynn. An early surprise birthday present from me. It actually was nice!
• She forced me to socialize… yes, I am thankful because it got me a little out of my shell
• Daily walks with my husband
• My daily workouts
• New opportunities
• Books (I can only read during my lunch break, so…)
• Art journaling

This week’s soundtrack:

Welcome to this new Gratitude Friday! Feel free to share with me your (partial or full) gratitude moments in the comments; that way I can hold joy for you ✿ (you know that makes me happy to make you happy).

OMG. What a week. You know, when your mind and your body seem to be in constant disagreement? This is what this week was like for me. Tears were shed, anxiety attacked but I am still standing. So there’s celebrating this.

This week, I am thankful for:

• My BFF, Cocotte (real name: Sophie) and the Whatsapp voice messages we share. She’s in Paris (France) and I am in Montréal (Canada). I hate the phone. We both have weird schedules (not to say there’s a six-hour time difference) but these are great
• My Mom for kicking my butt when I need to
• Homeopathy, that helps my nervous system to calm the fuck down
• I have a job
• Choices that can be made
• sticking to my daily early morning workouts
• the absence of rain when I bike to work
• time in my ArtCave

This week’s soundtrack:

Welcome to this new Gratitude Friday! Feel free to share with me your (partial or full) gratitude moments in the comments; that way I can hold joy for you ✿ (you know that makes me happy to make you happy).

This week has seen the comeback of the anxiety attack and crying during lunch breaks. I hate my brain, just so you know. But eh… I am learning how to manage that shit.
People tend to forget that saying “there’s no need to worry” to someone suffering from anxiety is pointless and does more hurt than good. I know it comes from a good intention though.

This week, I am thankful for:

• My husband came to have lunch with me at work on Thursday
• I have been working out again and love the program I am currently doing
• My BFF keeps me sane
• The accountability group I am part of in Facebook
• Homeopathy
• Food
• Books
• Days off from work
• Hot baths

This week’s soundtrack:

Note about this song: this is at the end of the last episode of HBO’s series “Euphoria“. My husband did not like the first episode so I ended up watching it by myself on nights I could not sleep. This tv show was amazing, the cast absolutely fantastic and the storyline…. well, I won’t say more than “when is season 2 happening?!”. Know, however, that it talks about abuse, drugs and stuff like that and might be triggering for some people.