We all have blah days, especially as moms. There are days we feel unappreciated, forgotten, stressed, overwhelmed, or just plain tired. Here is my one tip for finding joy through gratitude and how you can turn your day around with this one easy tool.
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This time of year is always such a wonderful time because we spend time focusing on what we are grateful for. We are surrounded by family, we think about our blessings, and we are looking for ways to serve. So what do we do through out the whole year to keep a grateful heart and get us through the “blah” days?
One way that I found to turn my day around is to go to my list. What list may you ask? I like to call it my “happy list” or my “help me I’m about to die list!” This is a list of all of the small things in life that make you happy! This list works because it reminds me of all the small and simple things in life that I am grateful for and they make me so happy!
Here is an example of what mine looks like:
Music
Dancing
Going outside
Snuggling with my kids
Reading a really good book
A bath
Going near water: Boating, swimming, soaking my feet in the water
Helping someone
A call to a good friend
Burnt Almond Fudge Ice Cream…because it is good! 🙂
Prayer
Reading scriptures
These are easy and quick things that I can do to turn my head around and remind me how much there is to be thankful for. It is crazy to me how hearing a song that I love can completely change my mood. It may take a couple of songs to get me out of a funk, but I always listen to music at the end of the day when it is time for bed time, bath time, cleaning up, and the steam in my engine is just about gone.
This happy list is basically a gratitude journal brought into action. Using the gratitude to fuel the happiness.
This is easily what makes my day turn from “blah” to okay, I can do this! I’d be lying if I didn’t say that retail therapy helps me too. The trick is to shop when you’ve set a limit and when you find a good deal! Ha ha. Well, I have a great deal for you today! If you spend $25 at Cents of Style you can actually snag this adorable “grateful” tee for free. You can be grateful and a smart shopper! 🙂
So what is on your list? Start one today and put it into action!
Grateful Tee: Cents of Style
Plaid Shirt: Target
Jeans: H&M
Beanie: RAD swimwear
Shoes: P.S. I adore You
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Hello! I am Camille, a wife, mother of four, Disney obsessed, certified teacher, and believer in creating your best momlife the way you see fit. Motherhood comes with its ups and downs, my hope is you’ll find something here to make your life a little better/easier. Let’s be friends on social!
Great idea! I need to make a funk list. And the shirt is darling!
You are so cute! It is so important to be thankful and show gratitude. We don’t do it enough! Thanks for sharing! xx
Finding your from Aleigh’s link up.
Such a great post. I love it!!! Thank you.
Totally making a happy list right now!! I love this! And that tee is amazing!
What a great list! It’s bee near too long since I’ve actually completed a good book! Love this tee too!!