Way back in 2011, when I was really struggling with life, depression and everything else I started listing things I for which I was thankful. While there were times I was bitterly resentful of needing to find things to be cheerful about, I know that as a strategy for coping with misery, it’s effective.
I’m not even slightly depressed at the more but I am slightly more stressed coming into this autumn than I have been in previous years, I’m trying to learn a new role and do all things and menopause is not helping.
Stress for me can manifest as whining and I really don’t want to let my brain create those pathways, because they are easy for me to find, so I’m going to do a little bit of proactive self care and to hold myself accountable from now until December, every Sunday, I’m going to show or write about something that brought me joy or that I was thankful for in the previous week.
This week it was these things:
The morning sun in the park on my way to work.
The violas are flowering and they are so pretty
The allotment is wild and its not been a brilliant year but it’s still pumping out produce and we are getting ready for Autumn
Nic Dempsey 
You’re always so busy but never grumble about it! I’ve been lucky enough to go on holiday a few times this year and am off to France for a week shortly. I’m actually looking forward to getting back home, harvesting everything at the allotment and attempting to get the house in some kind of reasonable state!
Re asthma it’s to measure your peak flow from what I remember!
Thankfully haven’t had to use my inhaler since 2020 when I had a bad cough which wouldn’t go away, could have been COVID but who knows!?
I complain lots, just not in the blog! I don’t find whining attractive so I try not to subject other people to it!!
France should be fun, especially with the Rugby World Cup in over there (if it’s not football, I don’t understand it but I have lots of excited colleagues very happy about it!).
Getting the allotment and house is shape is a never ending task, but for me autumn is a better time to do it than spring! Peak flow, of course, thanks for subbing in for my menopausal brain!
No I leave my moaning at home!
France was nice but glad to be back home.
Looking forward to trying to get things back on track!
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