Sometimes between the last post and today, I turned 40, celebrated it in an almost covid-lockdown, and changed fulltime jobs for the FIRST time in my life, and celebrated that in an almost covid-lockdown. Started the said new job and wrote up my first proposal. for nearly $500k - tho, I did not do the budgeting. Somewhere between the last post and now, my take home salary went up by $500 a fortnight. I might be losing out on my super - but for now, I am not complaining. Somewhere around a year ago, I stopped paying for long-time debt. Phew. That was rough.
So, unlike my 30ies, where things were looking ever so much worse than my 20ies, my 40ies have started looking a tad bit better. More money, more job opportunities, only home-loan for a debt.
Chicory is 6 years old. The simplicity and the generosity and the playfulness that he brings in my life - I can feel it in my heart, physically - like a feeling of being full and satiated in my heart. To hold him in my arms and to give him kisses as he sleeps on the sofa after dinner, or to wake up to him resting his head on me - make the present the only place I want to be.
Today is Amma and Vaasu's birthday... Amma is 86. I'm not sure how old Vaasu is.
Piyush might be getting separated from Rohan. Whether she will or she won't - she'll bounce back stronger, just like she did when she failed at Uni. She won't play the victim. All that said, it is never easy and I wish she is happy again very soon. I can't help comparing myself with her and wishing I hadn't played the victim as long as I did. Hard not to regret. But I wish her all the love and happiness. It isn't about her, it is about me. But as Maya Angelou said,
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better."
It is a beautiful world, and 'I am exactly where I need to be'. 'I am going to receive everything I desire, All the right people and opportunities flow to me. I have made space for them in my life.' 'You have to believe. Otherwise, it will never happen.'
I have come to believe in affirmations.
Some other quotes from Maya Angelou:
"To those who have given up on love, I say, 'Trust life a little bit.'"
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better."
"The question is not how to survive, but how to thrive with passion, compassion, humor and style."
"This is a wonderful day. I have never seen this one ever before."
The other person I have come to listen to often is the Nike Trained podcast host and the Senior Director of Performance at Nike, Ryan Flaherty.
Mindset. Movement. Nutrition. Recovery. Sleep
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