I try to wakeup everyday with a grateful heart. We are given a fresh start everyday, how lucky we are. It’s important that I find small or big things in my day that bring me joy. When I was at my lowest mentally, each day I’d tell myself what I was thankful for and why. It helped bring so much perspective to so many bad days.
So I thought I’d share some of these with you, and I want you to share some of yours with me too!
1. SUNRISES & SUNSETS
I am a sucker for a sunrise and sunset. Each day we get this glorious painting in the sky for us to enjoy. I think thats so amazing. Me and my friend each summer go to hills not too far from where we live and we go and watch the sunset. Its the most grounding, humbling thing watching the sunset go down from so high up. It puts a lot of things into perspective.
2. WORKING
A weird one for sure. I never thought I’d get to the point in life where I love my job. I wake up each day so ready and excited to go to work. it almost sounds like I’m making this up but I promise I’m not. When you find a job you love, there is no other feeling like it. Im also thankful for my job as a way of income for me. So many people over this year have lost their jobs, it makes me feel so lucky to still be in a stable paying job.
3. LITTLE LIVES
I am so thankful to have the family that I do. We are all a bunch of weirdos and thats why I love us. I appreciate family so much more now that I’m an aunt. Seeing my brother become a father and seeing my sister pregnant really fills me with so much love and appreciation for my family. Its the biggest blessing of life thus far!
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4. BATHS WITH BUBBLES
To me, there is nothing better after a long hard day than getting into a hot bath with lots of bubbles. As a child my dad would make the bubbles so high you couldn’t see me sat in there, such a great memory. I think I enjoy that time too because its away from my phone, away from other people and I get time to sit and reflect on my day. Almost like the water and bubbles wash away the hardships of that day.
5. FACETIME CALLS
I really don’t do these enough, but I love FaceTime calls. Many of my closest friends live in America (I live in the UK) so we don’t get to speak or see each other as much as I’d like. We don’t have a schedule of when we FaceTime, its usually random but I always feel so much happier after seeing and speaking with them.
What Brings you joy? What makes you thankful for your day?
Let me know what your thoughts are. I think being thankful and seeing the joy in the little things is what can keep us going.
Love this list, especially the sunrises and sunsets! I once went to a beach in the UK at 2am to watch the sunrise. Agree with working, so grateful for my job and of course family. Such a simple but important list. Thanks for sharing and helping put my day back into perspective, needed it!
I love doing things like that too! 2am isnt a bad time to wake up when you get to see the sunrise!
You’re so welcome. I hope you have a great day 💕
This is lovely.
I’m a sucker for sunrise and sunsets too, you should see me smile watching it like I’d been given a thousand dollars for no work done 😂
I hate video calls though, lol
Family is everything to me! Athen food. Oh what good food does to me!! Yes I’m a foodie and I’m not even embarrassed about it🤭🤭
Thank you!! 😊
Nothing beats a sunrise & sunset! I love that. They make me happy too 😆
I am also a foodie! And proud of it 💪🏼
You’re so pretty ❤️
Thank you so much 💕
My pleasure xx
Reading nice blogs like yours bring me Joy!!! Thanks for sharing 😊❤️
Thank you so much Shaheen. Lovely comments like yours bring me Joy 💕
I love doin all those things:) Sunrises and sunsets r awesome! I’m goin to the beach this week and I can’t wait to c them❤️
Aw how fun! Have a lovely time, take some photos too if u can 😊
Ooo yes ofc!
I agree with the sunsets and sunrise, they are so humbling. For me just the mere fact that I exist and still get the chance to experience this life, that brings me the utmost joy and grace ❤️
I love that 💛 we are lucky to be alive. Thank you for sharing.
I love the fact that you enjoy your job! It’s so easy to wake up at 7am every day groaning about another day at work but the fact that your job excites you is really good and makes me really happy 🙂 – I start a graduate job this September and I hope I will feel the same about my job!
It took me a while to get to that point. I have had a fair few jobs before that I really hated every second of. I guess thats why I’m so thankful for the job I have now 😊
Loved this and I also really love sunsets a lot! It really brings joy to me and specially at this tough time I guess Facetimes are also something that brings joy to my face. 😊🥰
Sunsets and Sunrises are just the best aren’t they. I always feel so lucky that we get one of each everyday. And I love that they symbolise a new beginning and the end of a day. 💖
Yes they truly are. That sounds so amazing. Yesss right😊😘
This was such a lovely post to read!! I agree sunsets are so beautiful I really love them. And there are so many small things that bring me joy like watching a movie with my boyfriend, cuddling with my cat, finishing a book and definitely a bath with bubbles (that one just might be my top) 😊💕
Thank you so much 💕
I think its the small things in life that mean the most to us. I have to agree though, if there were an order it would be a bubble bath. Nothing beats it after a long hard day!
Thank you for reading and your lovely comment!
I completely agree- nothing beats a bubble bath after a long day! You are so welcome I really loved reading it 💕
I love this Olivia! Gratitude is key. There is so much to be thankful for. I am also soooo thankful to work. Love my family. It’s a blessing. ❤️
Thank you for reading Beck!
We need small reminders sometimes of how blessed we are. It puts things into perspective doesn’t it. 💖
Yes it does. 😊
I loved your list and that post spreads a little gratitude with it, that is so important to me!
Thanks for sharing ♡
Thank you for commenting💕
Im glad i can help in spreading gratitude!
Going for a walk in the countryside is a big thing that brings me joy
Yes! I agree, i love being out in nature too!
Those are all beautiful things to be thankful for. I am so thankful for the love that people I have in my life give me. If I am feeling down I like to think of spending time with someone and remembering they liked my company too,
I love that too! So glad for you that you have that support system around you that can be there for you through the bad times!
It is such a beautiful thing to be grateful for what we have. A wonderful list, very inspiring!
Thank you Stephanie 💕 it really is, its the small things we often take for granted.
Thanks for reading!
Sun rise are great but always hard to catch….
For sure! Its a struggle getting up early enough to see them but thankfully we have the sunset we can watch too!
I agree with Sunsets and Sunrise too and Facetiming too! We are all weirdos😂Yep!😂
They are just great arent they! 🥰
Loved this! Especially about the sunrises and sunsets. Really, nothing could beat the beauty of nature!🥰
I agree! Theres something so calming and peaceful about nature 💕
The little things are what bring us to life! I truly believe that. Cups of coffee in the morning, the soothing sounds of rain, good food, hugs and kisses, baby animals, a cosy spaces, uplifting quotes, friends and family, rest! So much goodness.
Yes yes yes 😊 all of those little things are the big things in life we should cherish💕
All these things make me happy!
Talking of lil ones – have you heard of Kobe the Chef on Instagram? He makes me day with his adorable videos! 🙂
No I haven’t seen them! I’ll have to check them out. Thanks for the recommendation 🤗
I love sunsets too. Listening to my favorite songs and spending time with family makes me happy! 😊
Love that💕 family time is the best time!
Baths with bubbles and sunshine for sure! I used to love FaceTime when my husband and I are long distance, now I avoid all calls because I’m with my person! Sunrises and sunsets are lovely too~ I like them from different places in the word and not equally! Lol
Sometimes im so thankful for technology for that reason. It allows us to connect with those we love even when were miles apart. Thanks for sharing 💕
It’s a all about the little things that carry joy with them! You expressed this so amazingly. Always a lover of sunsets 💛💛
I agree so much💕 the little things in life make the big things.
Thank you for commenting!
I loved every bit of it ❤️
What makes me happy is following what the Bible say at Act 20:35 “There is more happiness in giving than there is in receiving” When I give to others it makes me happy to see the joy on there faces.
Agreed! Theres nothing like making somebody else happy to bring your mood up too. Thank you for commenting!
the smallest pleasure who happen in the time when we need it
is more important than any pleasure that happen in any other times
Agreed! Thanks for sharing!