In My Everyday Life

Simple Things that Bring Me Joy

Hello beautiful you,

Joy is a choice, no matter what’s going on in your life, you can find a little joy every day and make your life more beautiful.

We live such busy lives that it’s so easy to overlook the simple little everyday things that bring us joy and make us happy. But, the thing is that, this is your life happening right now, in every moment, in the busy in the messy, you’re inside your life.

Choosing to find happiness in the moments where you exist, makes your journey so much more enriched.

Here is a list of 25 simple things that make me happy:

Taking photos with my phone.

Walking around my neighborhood.

Trimming my plants outside.

Seeing the flowers bloom on my plants in the summer.

Eating watermelon my favorite fruit.

Getting up in the morning and hearing the birds singing.

Writing in my journal.

Reading a good book.

Watching a Hallmark movie.

Our weekly family zoom time.

Shopping for food, I find such joy in picking out vegetables for my dinner.

Nourishing my body with healthy food.

Fresh linen on my bed.

Feeling the sun on my skin.

Decluttering and giving away what no longer serves me.

Having a clean house.

Walking into a clean kitchen in the morning.

Flowers on my kitchen counter makes me so happy.

Face time with my son, even if he has attitude LOL

Days with no plans.

The smell of cookies baking.

My daily cup of coffee.

Checking off items on my to do list.

The sound of rain.

The smell of fresh cut grass.

What little things bring you joy? Please share in the comments below I’d love to know.

Well, that’s it for today. I hope this blog post serves you and inspires you.

Wishing you a happy, bright and blessed week ahead

Masha xo

August 25, 2022

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When You Can’t Get Inspired

Hello beautiful you,

When you can’t get inspired maybe you just need a nap

Ever get into a place where nothing inspires you, nothing gets you excited or motivated? You try but to no avail? It’s like you’re stuck and you can’t find your way out?

I’m in that place now, been here for a little bit, I call it my ‘lull place’. I used to look at it as something that was setting me back, I would feel very anxious because I felt like I was wasting precious time but now, I’ve come to realize that we all experience ‘lull’ it’s a natural part of creativity and growth and you know what? you can’t rush it, it will take its own time and I see it as a blessing.

While in this ‘lull place’ I’m in the midst of transforming into something greater and that is very exciting.

I’m not sure what this new something greater is but, I am waiting and letting go of what I feel has finished with me and opening myself up to what’s starting to show up for me and I’m looking forward with curiosity and awe.

In the meantime I think I’ll take a nap 🙂

Well, that’s it for today. I hope you feel inspired. Please let me know if you’re in a lull place how you handle it, I’d love to know.

Wishing you a happy, bright and blessed week ahead

Masha xo

August 14, 2022

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Celebrate the Little Things, They Matter

Hello beautiful you,

I set a goal for myself to get healthier and to lose weight and I was really excited and all, I knew I could do it, I held onto the, yes I can do it mantra every day but, soon I wasn’t doing it, I lost motivation, inspiration and I lost belief in myself and gave up.

The thing is that, to achieve a goal you have to stay focused on it, and I wasn’t. And also, I forgot the most important thing that I needed to succeed, I forgot to celebrate myself along the way.

No matter what your goal is, you’re not going to do it in one big giant step. It’s really all the little steps you take every day that gets you – to – there, to – success – and you need to celebrate them.

When you celebrate something you’re making it a positive experience, you’re blessing it. When you’re celebrating the little steps along the way, they become your ‘wins’ and that’s what’s keeping you on course, holding your goal in front of you and you’re staying focused.

I wasn’t recognizing the things I did every day to reach my goal and let me tell you, that’s a big deal because it’s not always easy to do the work. Celebrating keeps me going especially during those days when I feel my efforts are small and mundane and that I’m not making any headway. But, I am, every little thing I do are my daily ‘wins’ they’re powerful and meaningful, they are what’s getting me to success.

What happens when you celebrate the little ‘wins’

You’re acknowledging yourself, you’re encouraging yourself, cheering for yourself, you become more confident and more sure of what you want. You become empowered and stay motivated, you believe in yourself. By celebrating your daily efforts you’re making your goal visible, and every time you give gratitude you’re blessing the whole journey. Those everyday steps you take towards your goal are powerful actions, they are your ‘wins’ to the finish line.

How to celebrate your little wins

How you celebrate your little ‘wins’ is up to you but, for me, what makes the biggest impact is writing them down. Seeing my wins written down gives me hope and encouragement, it empowers me and helps me to feel more self-confident – I CAN DO IT. So, every day I list what I did and I thank myself for the effort, even if I did just one little thing, it’s something and I’m celebrating myself for it. And on days when I did nothing, I don’t look at it as a failure and I’m not giving up, I remind myself it’s a process and it’s OK.

My invitation for you today is

Have a goal, commit to it. Create a plan, and celebrate all the little ‘wins’ along the way, they are powerful, they are the stepping stones to achieving your success. Celebrate yourself, feel the joy and inspiration – you can do it!!!

What delighted me

From Decorator’s Voice 15 Easy Ways to Keep Your Home Cool in the Summer here

Now these are the kind of snacks for dinner I love here

Well, that’s it for today. I hope you feel inspired, feel free to leave a comment, I love comments.

Wishing you a happy, bright and blessed week ahead

Masha xo

July 24, 2022

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5 Ways to Self-Care Yourself

Hello you,

To make positive changes in your life you have to start with you. Making yourself important enough to take yourself off the back burner and putting yourself in the front, is essential to your growth and wellbeing.

When I first started to intentionally put myself at the top of the list, I was really afraid, I didn’t want anyone to think I was an egomaniac or that I wasn’t a nice person. I also thought it was selfish and that something bad would happen to me. I’ll never forget the first time I said no to my friend when she asked me to go with her to the mall. The second I hung up the phone I wanted to call her back and say yes, even though I really didn’t want to. Slowly I made myself important enough to put myself first, to honor myself, to think of me, and that opened the door to finding myself. Finding out who I am, what I liked, what I wanted, what my dreams were.

Taking great care of yourself should be a part of your every day because you are the one most important to you, yes you can make others important in your life, but, YOU, you are most important and I can tell you this, that when you will start to cherish yourself, you will be amazed at the person you will become.

There are lots of ways to give yourself some self-care, here are just 5 that will make a difference in how you feel.

5 ways to self-care yourself:

Show yourself some love

Make some space for yourself in the day

Give yourself a pep talk

Eat what is healthy for you

Read something inspiring

Self-care to me means giving myself what I need to blossom and live my best life. It has helped me to elevate my thoughts about myself, find my true self and deepen my relationship with me.

So, here’s your invitation, live each day with intention and make time for yourself, you’ll be glad you did.

What delighted me

Good advise from Be More with Less, note to self, here

Did you know certain food can have mold in them, worth reading here

9 phrases to repeat to yourself at the end of the week here

Well, that’s it for today. Hope you feel inspired, I’ll see you next time, feel free to leave a comment, I love comments.

Wishing you a happy and bright week ahead.

June 26, 2022

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One Sure Way to Make the Most of Every Day

Hello you,

Every day is an opportunity to start over, to be open to new experiences, to re-evaluate and re-assess as the day unfolds. Every day holds within it small moments that if we really pay attention, we can see that these are the moments that shape our days and that we have the choice of what we allow ourselves to be filled with.

Every day we are the ones making every decision and every choice in our life. How we deal with upset, how we love ourselves, how we choose to spend our time, what we make of every day, it’s all our choice.

A couple of days ago I ordered a few things from the supermarket and it wasn’t until the next day that I realized that, the spinach the shopper delivered was not the one I ordered, it wasn’t organic and I didn’t notice and I ate it. This really upset me because I know that spinach gets heavily sprayed with toxic pesticides. There are certain vegetables and fruits that I refuse to eat unless they’re organic just because of that reason. I don’t want to put those toxic chemicals into my body, so I got very upset and I don’t know if I was more annoyed with the shopper or with myself for not noticing before I cooked and ate it.

Part of my self-care is my decision that I made to live each day with intention, to be aware of my thoughts, my emotions and the little moments that fill my days. Remembering my commitment to myself, I stopped and paid attention to what I was thinking and feeling. I realized that there is really nothing that I can do about it now and that I have a choice, I can hold onto these negative emotions, complain about it to everyone and carry this upsetting energy with me, letting it fuel the rest of the day, or, I have the choice to decide that what I’m thinking and feeling is not serving me, all I can do is be more aware next time and just let this go so I can be free to make the most of the day.

Today I invite you to remember you are the magic, you hold the power. Every day you make the choice of what to hold onto and what to let go of. And, the one sure way to make the most of every day is to know that you’re in charge of your every choice.

What delighted me

I enjoyed reading this expert advise for the secret to a well designed living room, here

If you’re interested in getting more fiber this summer, I really enjoyed reading this, here

Come visit my Instagram, I posted a few of my granddaughter’s pastries, here

Well, that’s it for today. Hope you feel inspired, I’ll see you next time, feel free to leave a comment, I love comments.

June 12, 2022

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Acknowledge Yourself with Gratitude

Hello fabulous you,

Something that I love to do is to slow down, pay attention and capture the moments of my days. So, for the month of May I signed up to do a free daily gratitude challenge with Alex Elle where the goal is just that, to create a practice for yourself that will capture the micro moments in your days. Moments that we often overlook and unless we intentionally pay attention to them we may not see them.

Today when I sat down with my cup of tea and my journal ready to write, the only words of gratitude that burst out of me were words of gratefulness for me.

From my gratitude journal:

I am grateful for ME!!! I am grateful for being strong, powerful, resilient, opinionated, having strong values, always being curious to learn more, being compassionate. I am grateful for being afraid and doing it anyway. I am grateful for never giving up, for falling down and getting up again and again. I am grateful for taking myself out of the prison I enclosed myself into, for breaking down walls I built around me. I am grateful for doing the inner work. I am grateful for forgiveness, for having an open heart, for loving myself and having the capacity to love others. I am grateful for always looking for joy, for wonder, for miracles. I am grateful for finding myself. I am grateful for being my own advocate, for healing myself, for living wholeheartedly and holistically and loving myself unabashedly. I am grateful for my brilliant mind, for my body, for my stamina. I am grateful. I am grateful. I am grateful for ME!!!

Having a gratitude practice and also giving thanks to myself has changed my life . When you acknowledge yourself, you’re being a participant in your own experience, you’re showing up for yourself, you’re honoring your own actions. And it is in this way that you’re building a beautiful life.

I invite you today to take a moment and make a list, leave caution to the wind, just write down what comes to you without editing. What are you grateful to yourself about? you just may surprise yourself in delight.

A few things that have delighted me

Look at these 20 unique Macrame decor ideas and check out that kitty bed, how cute is that, here

And here’s a switch from the usual spaghetti and red sauce, here

And

On Instagram come see what I’ve been up to here

Well, that’s it for today. Hope you feel inspired, I’ll see you next time, feel free to leave a comment, I love comments.

May 22, 2022

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