Here is a spontaneous list of good things.
I mostly remember positive moments, because, you don’t take pictures of hard times but let me assure you- the year had ups and downs. Not in chronological order but come as it comes.
💫 L got her ears pierced. I got Invisalign!
💫 I attended a professional conference in NYC for three days.
💫 Celebrated R’s 3, mine and T’s 40+, and L’s 6th birthdays!
💫 Had a cute Valentine’s and St. Patrick’s Day.
💫 Bring your child to work day with L.
💫 Started this blog after about 5 years of second-guessing myself
💫 R is completely potty trained.
💫 Visited Denmark, Portugal, and Spain with kids.
💫 I went to see my friend in Poland.
💫 R did three weeks of summer camp and started pre-school.
💫 L did three weeks of summer camp and started kindergarten.
💫 We had a fun Halloween (thanks honey!)
💫 November was filled with a variety of sicknesses for everyone in the family. 💫 Were well enough to host Thanksgiving dinner for us four and our two friends.
💫 Everyone was better in December and we have a Christmas celebration at our house, tonight!
💎Other positive things that I did💎
I started regularly going to the Korean Spa, taking regular walks, and taking vitamins.
I made sure that I am hydrated at work.
I read regularly albeit not having a precise quota of books. I read a mix of fiction and non-fiction.
I transferred my retirement account onto a self-managed account thus saving on advisor fees. As a result I got interested and educated myself in the stock market.
I made a new *Russian* friend – a mom that lives in our neighborhood!
I meditated regularly but then again, no quota.
I invested some money into quality, targeted, skin and hair care.
I consistently threw things out (sometimes to a fault ;).
I planned out my weeks, months and quintiles to look back and set intentions forward.
I was (mostly) compassionate with myself over mistakes I made.
I stayed off social media except blogging.
It was hard to decide what pictures to include- so many good moments, big and small. So I just did random four.
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