Slice Of My Life - February 24

A month that seemed to fly by, but on reflection consisted of some great family memories, some self care and moving forward into new routines. I have learnt so much this month and hope to carry this on into the coming mont.

Celebrating with close family

I love celebrating Chinese new year, more so than our new year on 1st January. In January I lean towards resting and recharging and don’t really have much motivation in me to make any changes. However when it comes to Chinese new year, I feel rested and ready to look forward into new beginnings. I have enjoyed looking into their traditions and even gave out money envelopes and lucky coins to my friends and family this year.

Celebrating David’s Birthday

I love visiting Peake Wildlife park and was thrilled when David said he would like to go for his birthday. I am looking forward to when Evan is old enough to feed the wallabies himself and enjoy all the animals. We had a lovely time and it was nice to make the most of the last few days before I returned to work.

Self Care

I had a super recharging day at the spa with my sister and I actually managed to start reading a book for the first time in over a year. We chatted and brainstormed about the year ahead and I felt myself feeling really optimistic for the first time in a while. I also had my hair done this month and decided to go for something a little darker and more natural. I am going to get some new darker hair extensions too and have more dark in my hair in April and think it will really help my hair look more healthy.

The simple things

February taught me that I don’t need to make huge moments and days out and sometimes the most joy comes from the smallest of moments. I loved spending the day with Tash and my God Daughter. It was just a simple day to the park followed by lunch and cake at a cafe, but it brought me so much joy.

Investing in myself

This month I wanted to start to implement boundaries to enable me to work on some projects for myself and enjoy some me time. And yes, me time does mean sitting playing animal crossing! I decided to start The Artists Way, a book which I have been wanting to read for years. I may not be able to progress through the book one week at a time as it plans, but I am taking it day by day and will work through it at my own pace. I have been doing the morning pages for two weeks now and have noticed a huge difference, more so on the days where I have forgotten to do them and feel consumed by a grey cloud, till I remember and sit down and let myself write and write.

Starting Nursery

Evan started nursery this month and he is absolutely loving it! He is doing so many fun activities and it has been lovely to see all the updates on the app that the nursery have. I am quite jealous actually of all the yummy food he gets to have! Adapting to the new routine has been a hard one, but I am embracing the change and expect it to carry on being difficult for a few more weeks till we find out rhythm.