Frugal Zeitgeist has challenged everyone to come up with 10 things they feel good about right now despite the brutal economy. http://frugalzeitgeist.blogspot.com/2008/10/bad-old-days.html
I think this is a useful practice. This blogger learned within the last few years that it does no good to focus on what's going bad in your life. It's much better to focus on what to be grateful for, and so this blogger will take the challenge because she has much, much to be grateful for:
1. School. I recently started taking education classes to become certified to teach High School English. In so doing, I left a corporate job that was slowly killing me (and in the meantime, sucking my soul out of my body) to focus on something I felt really passionate about. So far, it's going really well and I'm enjoying the work and the people a lot. I really feel like teaching is something I could do for the rest of my life. The fact that I have this opportunity is absolutely amazing and something I am so eternally and completely grateful for.
2. My fiance. I am also lucky enough to have a man in my life that supports my every move. He's been so great in helping me in my transition from work to school and he's been so very supportive of my life change. It is also worth mentioning that he's smokin' hot. (Hi honey!)
3. Food in the cupboards. No one in our house is starving and thanks to my frugal stashing of non-perishables, no one will be starving for the foreseeable future.
4. Yarn Stash. I've got plenty to knit with to see my through this school year without having to buy yarn, which can get expensive. And thanks to the fact I am no longer selling my soul to a corporate master, I have the inclination and occasionally the time to knit.
5. Good friends. I don't have a lot of good friends, but I do have some. Their companionship is worth a lot to me. In addition, I am blessed in that I now have the privilege of maybe making some new friends through school. There is one person that I am cautiously liking and getting a bit closer to in my classes.
6. Nature. Lots of things qualify here: the boat ride my fiance and I took this weekend, the hiking I used to do (and will continue to do very soon) and just appreciation of the fine fall weather and colors that have come our way recently.
7. Pets. We recently lost one of our beloved guinea pigs, Nala. I miss her every day. Our other pigs are in good health and seem to be getting on fine without her, and for that I am grateful. Pepper had a skin problem that seems to be clearing up now and that is a relief. In addition, our hamsters are in good shape and the cat is.... well, the cat. (Otherwise known as the Tues).
8. Holidays are coming. I am so exicited for Christmas and Thanksgiving this year. This is likely to be one of the more frugal Christmases we have celebrated in recent years, given our collective situation, but I already have a lot of presents that I'm quite excited to give to people. I have been able to give good presents because I have watched and shopped sales. I am looking forward to spending time with people we haven't seen in a while and baking bread and cookies and watching movies with my family and snorgling with the cat and watching the snow fall (here's hoping for copious amounts) and maybe getting the chance to work seasonal retail during winter break?
9. Health. Other than my teeth, my back, and my neck, I am in pretty good shape. Here's hoping the teeth hold out til I'm working a paying job again.
10. Life. Hey, I'm alive to be taking all these risks, right? And that's a wonderful thing in and of itself.
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That's a great list! Thanks for playing and thank you kindly for the link.
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