100 Days of Gratitude – Day 99

I’m grateful that I spent Day 99 in my hometown, celebrating the Cooee Festival, which commemorates the World War One recruitment march from Gilgandra to Sydney in 1915. In 1987 my dad was one of a group of men who re-enacted the march, from Gilgandra to Sydney, marching for 3 weeks. I’m grateful for the…

100 Days of Gratitude – Day 91

Tonight I’m grateful for the energy to stay focused on the final edits and layout of my book, Lifting the Lid on Quiet Achievers, and grateful that Lyndon and Ethan decided that tonight would be a good night to go out for dinner and celebrate the completion of the book.  We’re so close we thought…

100 Days of Gratitude – Day 87

I’m grateful for two key people today – firstly my mum, who called early this morning as Dad was bringing sheep down to Dubbo.  She offered to help in any way, and wanted to read some of my book.  I was editing all day, technically just adding quotes, but we kept finding typo’s that have…

100 Days of Gratitude – Day 84

On Day 84 I’m celebrating my Grandad turning 94… I have had a most interesting day, and visited my grandparents tonight, who have celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary earlier this week, and Grandad’s birthday yesterday. (They were featured in Day 3) The most fascinating part of the day was the whole day tour of Fletchers…

100 Days of Gratitude – Day 83

Today I am grateful for fresh perspectives.  I have really appreciated being able to bounce some ideas with some people, and tonight Lyndon’s parents came over and I shared with them a couple of ideas, without giving away my opinion.  This gave me the opportunity to see what they thought, and their answers surprised me. …

100 Days of Gratitude – Day 82

I’m grateful for the school my son attends.  I’m so thankful for the staff and school community who make the school what it is.  I just attended the School Association meeting and was delighted to hear all the progress since the last one I attended (Term One I believe). The school has been granted the…

100 Days of Gratitude – Day 80

It seems that on a day like Day 80, I should be writing something really profound, but today was one of those days where you just do your work and chose to be grateful in the moment.  I’m facing a few challenges at the moment, so I’m grateful for supportive friends, grateful that this week…

100 Days of Gratitude – Day 76

Firstly, I’m grateful for my first swim in the ocean in ages!   …April, I guess that’s not too long ago really… It was pretty chilly, but enormously refreshing – in more than just a cold water kind of way.  There’s something liberating about the ocean, the breadth, the depth, the movement… I’m a little…