Gratitude Thread 8/26

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Hello Mental Wellness Practitioners!

This is the first of a new weekly thread that I will post on Fridays, where we focus on things we are grateful for in our lives. Yes, this is the sunshine and rainbows thread. Sometimes it's helpful to pause and find something good to focus on.

So, let's get started. What are you grateful for today, or what is something positive you experienced this week? What made you smile? What made you feel good?

p.s. Let me know if you'd like me to tag you in these threads as a reminder to join in.

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I will start.

I am so grateful I found my yoga studio a few years ago. It's the perfect place for me and always seems to offer exactly what I need in the moment.

I got 8 hours of sleep one day this week and that was amazing.

I'm amazed at my empathetic 4yo boy. We recently formalized our Family Rules, one of which is "We speak nicely to each other." Last night I was getting short with him at bedtime and he reminded I needed to follow the rules and speak nicely. That simple reminder flipped a switch and brought me out of my funk, and we had a good, loving bedtime instead of fighting.

I'm grateful for our peach tree that produced over 150 delicious peaches this month! Much more than enough to share with neighbors and coworkers.

It can be hard to think of something at first but once you start you'll probably get on a roll...

[bocaburger]

I'm so grateful for two sweet, healthy babies, as well as the outpouring of support that is helping me manage two newborns.

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Aug 28, 2016 20:46:03 GMT -5 bocaburger said:

I'm so grateful for two sweet, healthy babies, as well as the outpouring of support that is helping me manage two newborns.

OH!!! Congratulations mama!! How are you doing??

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Aug 28, 2016 23:02:48 GMT -5 @rocknrollfriend said:

Aug 28, 2016 20:46:03 GMT -5 bocaburger said:

I'm so grateful for two sweet, healthy babies, as well as the outpouring of support that is helping me manage two newborns.

OH!!! Congratulations mama!! How are you doing??

Doing ok. The first week was REALLY rough, my postpartum emotions were scary bad. Now the Zoloft has kicked in and I caught up a bit on sleep and I am doing much better. Two babies is really hard but they are both really good babies!

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Aug 29, 2016 3:08:16 GMT -5 bocaburger said:

Aug 28, 2016 23:02:48 GMT -5 @rocknrollfriend said:

OH!!! Congratulations mama!! How are you doing??

Doing ok. The first week was REALLY rough, my postpartum emotions were scary bad. Now the Zoloft has kicked in and I caught up a bit on sleep and I am doing much better. Two babies is really hard but they are both really good babies!

I'm glad you're doing better. I hope you continue to get all the support you need. I can't imagine 2 newborns at once! I'm glad they're being good for you.

[ombradellarosa]

I am grateful for my new job. It makes me feel useful and productive to have something important to work on. I went searching for a job just because I was feeling useless at home. Turns out I am not suited to be a SAHM of a baby. My husband is doing much better staying home with her. He feels productive and accomplished when he gets the house clean and the laundry done while watching the baby (as well he should!). I never managed to do so much while home with her and resented her so much for needing me, I was able to meet her needs but not my own or anyone else's and I felt like I was doing a substandard job all around. Now he's happy, I'm happier, and she's fine with it. I'm not gone very much as of yet.

I can't wait until classes start and there's more to do. When I go in once or twice a week, I feel good about it when I'm there, but when I get home I doubt myself six ways to Sunday and feel like I am only going to let them down.

[ohinvrtedworld]

I like the idea of this thread and getting to know some of you guys more through it!

I'm so thankful for our new home. Wanting to GTFO of our apartment stat (lots of reasons that led to depression, stress, and anxiety), we saw it on a Thursday and moved in the following Monday. It's beautiful, cheaper than our previous rent in a nicer part of town, and has access to all kinds of walkable parks and restaurants. It's such a gift of peace for me.

I'm thankful that MH and I have a good marriage. We are happy and get along well even in extreme stress for the most part (and we've had our fair share). When everything else goes to complete shit, at least that is going well.

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Those are great things to be thankful for ohinvrtedworld. I'm glad you're in a better home.

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This is a nice thread to start @rocknrollfriend, and I am grateful you did

I am glad that we're back too school and our week is going to be more structured again. DD loved being back at preschool and is now, for the first time, talking about playing together with other children, making friends. She must have missed the social interaction over the summer, so I am glad she's back.

I am glad that my job/school situation seems to be working out. The place I am going to work part time while back to school agreed to employ me for a certain amount of hours in the new academic year, but their schedules only finalized last week and I got as much hours as I wanted on the days that I preferred.

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I am grateful to @rocknroll friend for helping to get new threads started. I was having a rough couple weeks with some health stuff, but I am back.

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Sept 10, 2016 22:58:24 GMT -5 @wallflwr926 said:

I am grateful to @rocknroll friend for helping to get new threads started. I was having a rough couple weeks with some health stuff, but I am back.

Aw, thanks. I'm glad you're back, I hope you're doing ok.

[FlightView]

Im late to this thread but it's such a good idea.

I'm grateful for the opportunity to go back to school. It's going to be hard losing an income, especially since my H is self employed. One day at a time.

I'd love to be tagged in these threads @rocknrollfriend

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Both kids started schools (kindergarten & preschool), and so far it's been going really well.

Some of you in insomnia thread may know his, but I really worried about being able to get up a lot earlier in the morning for my son's kindergarten. His school last year started in the afternoon, so I didn't have to set an alarm clock since I could wake up to my kids' waking up. That helped a lot to ease my insomnia anxiety, which in turn improved quality of sleep. I'm happy to report that, so far, I've been getting decent sleep and waking up on time! I'm so thankful for that.

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Sept 16, 2016 11:50:34 GMT -5 @ummaggie2 said:

Both kids started schools (kindergarten & preschool), and so far it's been going really well.

Some of you in insomnia thread may know his, but I really worried about being able to get up a lot earlier in the morning for my son's kindergarten. His school last year started in the afternoon, so I didn't have to set an alarm clock since I could wake up to my kids' waking up. That helped a lot to ease my insomnia anxiety, which in turn improved quality of sleep. I'm happy to report that, so far, I've been getting decent sleep and waking up on time! I'm so thankful for that.

That's so wonderful to hear.