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Thankful Thursday: Productivity + Yoga

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It is time again for another #ThankfulThurday post and today I am thankful for being productive, and yes, for yoga. More about the yoga part later on in the post and let me talk about the productivity bit. I guess you cannot help but feel very productive if you have accomplished a number of tasks and chores you have set out for you in the week, and that is exactly how I am feeling of late. So I am done with a part of my laundry and cleaning the rooms, a few more spins in the washer and a couple of cleaning here and there and I am all done with this week’s laundry and chores. Which is just about fine by me as I will be left with ample time over the weekend to make reviewers for the little school boy for his incoming 2nd quarter examinations. I have also found the perfect Halloween costume for the little man in time for his Halloween Party!

Blogging is also thriving this week as I have numerous projects currently on the brew. Posts about Unilab, PLDT KaAsenso Cyberya, Proactiv, and the exciting new Robinsons Malls App are also slated to be published within a week or two. I have also been to Blogapalooza over the weekend and will tell you all about the numerous things I’ve seen there in a separate blogpost. Not to mention there are also a couple of book and product reviews coming up and I do hope you watch out for them.

I am also preoccupied with some work-at-home tasks in between, and yesterday, just right before I prepared for another blogging event, I finished a 900-or-so-word article, allowing me to tick off another item on my to-do list. Nothing gives me more joy than to be around my little man 24/7 while he is young, and the opportunity to earn a living while being a full-time stay-at-home mum is really a blessing. My son will be little for only a short time and the chance to look after him myself and being given the chance to augment the family income while doing so is more than enough reason to feel blessed.

And, yes, sorry it took a while but here I go with the yoga bit. I was supposed to visit my local yoga center for a class last week but something came up so I had it re-scheduled for this week. It has been a very long, looong while since I was there last and I am only delighted to be back and to hit my mat again. Yoga is my bliss and my sanctuary, it is also my instant pick-me-upper and visiting one of my favorite places, working on my asanas is a very welcome change in my everyday mundanity. Yes, I was sore and aching here and there after my session, but I was also most relaxed and very peaceful. I agreed to be back next week and I am just glad to be back on my mat again and continue on with my practice.

Now it is your turn to share your Thankful Thursday list, I would love to read all about it! 🙂

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Thankful Thursday: Old Friends + New Books

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It has been sometime since I last tinkered on the blog in the wee hours of the morning as I try hard each day to be in bed early so that I may be able to wake up early the next day to prep for the little one’s school, but blame it on the blood moon we saw earlier this evening or the quarter-of-a-lemon I chewed on after dinner, I find my mind abuzz with blogpost ideas, so instead of heading to bed after my evening rituals, I find myself logging onto the blog. So, might as well make the most of the opportunity.

I thoroughly enjoyed my 5-Day Gratitude Log Challenge so I decided to make it a regular here on the blog, and it will be tagged from here on as my Thankful Thursday post. Maintaining a thankful attitude helps keep the frustrations and stress of day-to-day living at bay and it instantly improves my mood, so I gathered it is working its wonders on me.

I christened my first ever Thankful Thursday post, which I initially planned to post for last week, as such because I was inspired by my recent meet-up with a dear friend from my old work. It has been years since I last saw her and meeting her again brought a lot of wonderful memories of my old workplace and the beautiful people that I worked with. I spent almost 5 years of my life in my previous work and in that span of time I was able to make loads of acquaintances, a lot of them turned into dear friends and a handful of them even became the little man’s godparents. Niz, the friend I was able to meet recently, is one of those friends, that is why I was really delighted and thankful to finally meet with her again.

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As for the new books, it just so happened that my kumare is also a voracious reader who is recently trying to get rid of many books for some reason and offered a number of them. Books are, and will always be, one of my weaknesses and I cannot say no to a friend so I wholeheartedly accepted to adopt some of her books. Even the little man was excited at the sight of the new books I brought home! I am not sure which book to read first, but I have my eye on the Stephenie Meyer Eclipse Novella.

I am thankful for my new reads, but most importantly, I am grateful to see my friend again. We agreed to meet up again soon and I will be sure to let you know all about it! ^_^

Feel free to do the Thankful Thursday post with me, or you can always leave a note here telling me all about what you are thankful for today! Good night! 🙂

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5th Day Of My 5-Day Gratitude Log Challenge

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I know I should’ve finished this sooner but I had a brief falling-out with everything online and was surprisingly offline for almost 3 days. It did not help that my blogs sort of had the same feeling and was also offline for almost a week now. Good thing everything is back to normal and so are my creative juices {I hope}! 🙂

Here are my gratefuls for today:

  1. the weekend ~ so that i may be able to stay up a lot later at night {which is most ideal for norturnals like me} and sleep in a bit late the next morning
  2. for waking up this morning ~ for another opportunity to enrich,enjoy and unravel this beautiful life that I am gifted with
  3. for books ~ need i say more? 😉

I know there are loads of other stuff to be thankful for on a daily basis, and I do hope that I was able to inspire you to always keep a grateful attitude and to always be thankful for every little thing that comes our way {yes, including that extra helpful guy at the grocers earlier, or the free chicken burger you had this morning} by sharing this Challenge with you. I will share all about the progress of my Gratitude Journal next! 🙂

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