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mood and gratefulness day thread 2020:
1) went out for dinner, took a risk and tried something completely new on the menu 
(which I never do!) grateful for spending time with my parents 
(which I never do!) grateful for spending time with my parents
2) wrote and read a lot, feeling calm 
created some vision boards! grateful for being able to get some treats and not feeling guilty 
created some vision boards! grateful for being able to get some treats and not feeling guilty
3) made lots of plans for my birthday week 
pain level is middle but I’m trying to keep busy with other things, grateful that my best friend is safe and away from the bushfires in Aus 
pain level is middle but I’m trying to keep busy with other things, grateful that my best friend is safe and away from the bushfires in Aus
4) did lots of journalling, started a new book 
grateful for my favourite dinner and family movie time 
grateful for my favourite dinner and family movie time
5) tried some new foods before (mini win) took all the lights, tree and decorations down 
grateful that I got to spend Christmas time making memories with my family 
grateful that I got to spend Christmas time making memories with my family
6) I started my diamond painting 
I can’t wait to see how it turns out! grateful for cosy blankets and heat wraps, my joints aren’t liking the cold weather at all 
I can’t wait to see how it turns out! grateful for cosy blankets and heat wraps, my joints aren’t liking the cold weather at all
7) had a rest day, grateful for having dinner with my sister before she goes to NYC 
organising birthday things for the rest of the evening 
organising birthday things for the rest of the evening
8) planning birthday parties reflecting a lot, grateful for the strong people around me and missing the lost ones
reflecting a lot, grateful for the strong people around me and missing the lost ones
9) wrote some letters and treated myself to some goodies 
grateful for exciting opportunities coming up
grateful for exciting opportunities coming up
10) started planning a trip to London with my big sister 
grateful for spending time with family and pizza 
grateful for spending time with family and pizza
11) made progress on my painting 
read and watched some sport, grateful for movie time with my parents
read and watched some sport, grateful for movie time with my parents
12) did some productive cleaning and made plans for the new week 
grateful to see my nephew on video chat
grateful to see my nephew on video chat
13) middle pain levels so I let myself have a self care day 
had a lovely facial and have been writing, grateful for calming books
had a lovely facial and have been writing, grateful for calming books
14) physio went great, treated myself and went out for lunch 
grateful for a good rest after
grateful for a good rest after
15) visited my Nan 
(very important to see your grandparents!) grateful for little things, mainly coffee and biscuits 
(very important to see your grandparents!) grateful for little things, mainly coffee and biscuits
16) set up a few saving accounts and booked some plans for in the city 
grateful for cosy blankets!
grateful for cosy blankets!
17) did lots of writing and mindfulness grateful for my favourite musician releasing new music
grateful for my favourite musician releasing new music
18) got my hair cut and did some retail therapy 
*spent too much but using the “it’s my birthday soon” excuse* grateful that my team won 
*spent too much but using the “it’s my birthday soon” excuse* grateful that my team won
19) very happy and looking forward to the week grateful that all of my travelling went smoothly 
grateful that all of my travelling went smoothly
20) organised some paperwork and sorted some forms 
grateful for no pains after sitting for ages yesterday
grateful for no pains after sitting for ages yesterday
21) birthday nails 
grateful for spending time with amazing friends 
grateful for spending time with amazing friends
22) made some more progress on my painting grateful for spending time with family and celebrating more birthdays
grateful for spending time with family and celebrating more birthdays
23) had some beauty treatments done at home grateful for mindfulness and my pain levels going down 
grateful for mindfulness and my pain levels going down
24) spent all day with this one grateful to be able to see family I don’t see often over the weekend
grateful to be able to see family I don’t see often over the weekend
25) found some winners at the races and had a really nice belated birthday meal out 
grateful for family time 
grateful for family time
26) survived the family party and spent time with my little cousins that I don’t see often grateful for delicious food 
grateful for delicious food
27) caught up on emails, booked to go on a retreat in July 
grateful for some “me” time so I could do some colouring
grateful for some “me” time so I could do some colouring
28) high pain levels, thumping heart beats for most of the day grateful for central heating and hot water
grateful for central heating and hot water
9) kitty cafe got cancelled 
rescheduled. Did some writing and started a new book grateful for full fat coke
rescheduled. Did some writing and started a new book grateful for full fat coke
30) dark day sometimes life isn’t light and content, but it’s okay, we try again tomorrow. Grateful for music
sometimes life isn’t light and content, but it’s okay, we try again tomorrow. Grateful for music
31) really glad to be feeling okay, grateful for life
1/2) put fresh flowers down for my grandma, went out for lunch and did some shopping 
grateful for spending time with my Mum
grateful for spending time with my Mum
2/2) did a lot of draft writing and sorted some new accounts grateful for food, always 
grateful for food, always
3/2) did some mindfulness and organised some paperwork 
grateful to be able to do CBT at home 
grateful to be able to do CBT at home
4/2) planned some girlie days away in the city 
grateful for artwork keeping me busy and content 
grateful for artwork keeping me busy and content
5/2) visited my Grandma and booked my first trek
grateful for low pain levels
grateful for low pain levels
6/2) sorted my emails (ugh) and treated myself grateful for the evenings getting lighter 
grateful for the evenings getting lighter
7/2) horrible anxiety and exhausted most of the day 
grateful for sleep!
grateful for sleep!
8/2) caught up with my best friend and her little one 
grateful for my Mum bringing me some pick n mix 
grateful for my Mum bringing me some pick n mix
9/2) survived the christening with no anxiety grateful for safety in this weather!
grateful for safety in this weather!
10/2) gave my head some breathe time grateful for pizza
grateful for pizza
11/2) booked tickets to see Cirque de Soleil Crystal with my sister grateful for art keeping me busy
grateful for art keeping me busy
12/2) let myself have a chill day watching Netflix 
grateful to be able to make plans with my family over the next couple of months
grateful to be able to make plans with my family over the next couple of months
13/2) physio went well... deep tissue massage for my damage didn’t! grateful for my strong team as ever
grateful for my strong team as ever
14/2) happy Valentines Day! grateful for everyone in my life
15/2) went shopping and made plans for some volunteering grateful for the people around me
grateful for the people around me
16/2) bought some prizes for my Easter raffle 
got an eye infection from my contacts, ughh, grateful for my specs 
got an eye infection from my contacts, ughh, grateful for my specs
17/2) trying different at home physio, so far so good! grateful for music keeping me on track 
18/2) had a quiet day, let myself relax grateful for treats
grateful for treats
19/2) a day full of mindfulness and writing grateful for my favourite dinner
grateful for my favourite dinner
20/2) hospital went all fine, grateful my team won 
*she says woo-ing the house down*
*she says woo-ing the house down*
21/2) went to my first concert of the year and had the best time grateful for no anxiety
grateful for no anxiety
22/2) went shopping in the city grateful to be home after being in horrible traffic and uncomfortable for the car journey 
grateful to be home after being in horrible traffic and uncomfortable for the car journey
23/2) did a bit of shopping and my team won again 
grateful to go out for some tea and cake 
grateful to go out for some tea and cake
24/2) sorted the dreaded emails and finances grateful for puzzles and music keeping my thoughts at bay
grateful for puzzles and music keeping my thoughts at bay
25/2) cancelled plans because of the floods *Shrewsbury is great right now* grateful to have lovely dinner with my parents 
grateful to have lovely dinner with my parents
26/2) wrote a lot, face-timed my sister and nephew for most of the day grateful for coffee, always 
grateful for coffee, always
27/2) got the boring jobs done 
grateful to watch the football with my Dad, last 16 here we come!
grateful to watch the football with my Dad, last 16 here we come!
28/2) had a great day and evening with my sister grateful for live music
grateful for live music
29/2) had a chill day after yesterday, my artwork is slowly coming along! grateful for chocolate eclairs
1/3) painting update grateful my footie team won again!
grateful my footie team won again!
2/3) home physio was good, tried some yoga... hmm, we’ll see how that goes 
grateful for feeling well
grateful for feeling well
3/3) spent time with my sister, got 90% of my raffle prizes complete grateful for feeling content
grateful for feeling content
4/3) spent the day with my sister and nephew 
grateful to see them both 
grateful to see them both
5/3) concert 3 of the year done 
grateful for life
grateful for life
6/3) pain levels high, grateful for my own bed after lots of moving around
7/3) lots of ball pit playing and nursery rhymes for my nephew 
grateful for family time
grateful for family time
8/3) chill day, grateful for lovely dinner with my parents 
9/3) great physio session, went out for lunch and did some shopping grateful for feeling strong
grateful for feeling strong
10/3) sorted my finances and paperwork *boring jobs* 
grateful for my kitty giving me a cuddle; less anxious 
grateful for my kitty giving me a cuddle; less anxious
11/3) talked business with my sister she’s following in my travel steps. Grateful for low pain levels
she’s following in my travel steps. Grateful for low pain levels
12/3) shopped a bit, got some fresh air and had lunch with my sister grateful for feeling okay
grateful for feeling okay
13/3) huge mood drop so I let myself do nothing, grateful my parents are home
14/3) met up with my bestie and got my hair done grateful to be able to get everything we needed from the shops 
grateful to be able to get everything we needed from the shops
15/3) bad day on all accounts *we go again tomorrow* grateful for a movie night
*we go again tomorrow* grateful for a movie night
14/3) trying not to lose my mind at the thought of 12 weeks in isolation 
grateful for my family
grateful for my family
* I lost my mind so much yesterday I put the wrong date*
17/3) found a local fresh food delivery service
grateful to be able to video chat with my sister
17/3) found a local fresh food delivery service
grateful to be able to video chat with my sister
18/3) had my X-ray done and made lots of writing prep grateful for my head feeling clearer and steady thoughts
grateful for my head feeling clearer and steady thoughts
19/3) made progress with cleaning ready for a big de-clutter, grateful to be feeling okay
ready for a big de-clutter, grateful to be feeling okay
20/3) adapting to changes, all members are now staying home! grateful for my favourite dinner and movie night
21/3) made more cleaning progress and downloaded some games ready for isolating 
grateful to be able to talk to friends across the globe 
grateful to be able to talk to friends across the globe
22/3) lovely evening with my parents for Mother’s Day grateful to see my sister even if it was shouting through glass
grateful to see my sister even if it was shouting through glass
23/3) I completed my diamond art piece (pic tomorrow) grateful for pizza
(pic tomorrow) grateful for pizza
24/3) music is keeping me grounded 
grateful for friends and family
grateful for friends and family
25/3) lots of computer work and sorting papers grateful for generous and kind people on here
grateful for generous and kind people on here
26/3) made progress with my writing (kind of, I hope) grateful for the NHS
grateful for the NHS
27/3) created some vision boards and wrote a lot grateful for feeling okay
grateful for feeling okay
28/3) days are starting to blend, physical pains are starting to show grateful for writing my thoughts down through this time
grateful for writing my thoughts down through this time
29/3) de-cluttered a lot, legs aren’t thanking me for it though 
grateful for my physio team all the time, blessings
grateful for my physio team all the time, blessings
30/3) bad day for everything, hoping for a head swizzle to get me back to level grateful for doing a successful food shop
grateful for doing a successful food shop
31/3) completed the laundry and made time for myself grateful for starting a really great new book
grateful for starting a really great new book
1/4) started a new series, read a lot 
grateful for doing physio at home; feeling much better for it 
grateful for doing physio at home; feeling much better for it
2/4) adapting better; getting the hang of physio being done at home grateful that a lot of my favourite musicians are live streaming, I miss live music 
grateful that a lot of my favourite musicians are live streaming, I miss live music
3/4) did some artwork and wrote my thoughts out grateful for new music friday
grateful for new music friday
4/4) quite high anxiety for most of the day and then our oven broke grateful for everything I have
grateful for everything I have
5/4) enjoyed reading and writing in the natural light, the sunshine makes everything better 
grateful for lovely dinner with my parents
grateful for lovely dinner with my parents
6/4) thankful for feeling lighter, really enjoying my book grateful for tacos 
grateful for tacos
7/4) my brain has been playing see saw so I let myself do nothing grateful for music keeping me up, always
grateful for music keeping me up, always
8/4) spoke to lots of family, did a mix of creative things grateful that our oven got fixed
grateful that our oven got fixed
9/4) first cancelled event missed, second chance to not be able to put flowers down 
grateful for being with my parents
grateful for being with my parents
10/4) important birthday celebration missed trying not to let my head fall off with my physical health, grateful for lighter evenings
trying not to let my head fall off with my physical health, grateful for lighter evenings
11/4) high pain levels; home physio isn’t going to plan grateful for lovely dinner and a movie night
grateful for lovely dinner and a movie night
12/4) missing family, finding calm through reading grateful for CBT home resources
grateful for CBT home resources
13/4) thankful for less pain, spent the day catching up on boxsets grateful for little things making me smile
grateful for little things making me smile
14/4) productive day of completing house jobs grateful for feeling okay
grateful for feeling okay
15/4) treated myself and started a new book grateful for lovely people on here
grateful for lovely people on here
16/4) changed home physio again 
*it will somehow work* grateful for shopping success
*it will somehow work* grateful for shopping success
17/4) loving my book and the light coming in grateful for new music friday 
grateful for new music friday
18/4) worst pain levels in lockdown so far, terrified of everything 
grateful for my parents
grateful for my parents
19/4) in pain, tired, in more pain grateful for my inner tough cookie pushing through everything
grateful for my inner tough cookie pushing through everything
20/4) transferred some photos and did lots of techy stuff grateful for feeling lighter
grateful for feeling lighter
21/4) lots of facetiming family, really loving getting lost in books grateful for curry night 
grateful for curry night
22/4) battling on, reading and writing out my thoughts grateful for lovely dinner
grateful for lovely dinner
23/4) boring jobs completed lots of sorting to do! grateful for feeling okay
lots of sorting to do! grateful for feeling okay
24/4) pain is fun, not. Trying grateful for friends keeping me sane
grateful for friends keeping me sane
25/4) seeing cancelled plans in the diary missing my sisters, grateful for lovely dinner and a movie night
missing my sisters, grateful for lovely dinner and a movie night
