Tiny Pleasures Day#2 - A Cup of Coffee

Good morning!

I'm so excited that there are only six more days until my twenty third birthday! My husband and I will probably go out to dinner, but we haven't decided where we will go. I'm grateful that we have enough financial stability to do so. 

While I haven't been doing my morning yoga as of late, I have been watching TED talks on YouTube and drinking my morning coffee. They are always interesting topics and I love the ones that make you think or force you to look at something else or yourself from another perspective.

On a related note, I wish Folgers would go ahead and finally make a bulk size of their Hazelnut flavored coffee grounds. It's so yummy. My favorite thing to add is a dash of cinnamon with the creamer and sugar before pouring in the actual coffee.

I hope your day went well and that you were able to drink your whole cup of coffee before it got cold.

Tiny Pleasures Day#1 - Your Morning View

RowdyKittens had a post from 2013 talking about how she started a photography project called my Morning View as a way to get out of the house in the mornings and take photo walks. Now in 2017, its a full book which you purchase online here. For Day #1 of her February 2017 Tiny Pleasures photo challenge, the theme of the day is "My Morning View."

If you are interested in joining, just remember that this challenge is an invitation to practice gratitude and self-care by savoring tiny pleasures each and every day.

My morning consisted of coffee, TEDx Talks, and spending time with my fur-babies. Luckily, I go into work a bit later than usual today so I really get to just enjoy it.

Have an awesome day!

A Month of Tiny Pleasures with RowdyKittens

Good afternoon!

I wanted to try something new for the month of February, and when I found Rowdy Kittens 2017 Month of Tiny Pleasures challenge I was sold. She described it as "a photography challenge that's an invitation to practice gratitude (Side note, I accidentally typed "fratitude" the first time haha) and self-care by savoring tiny pleasures." In 2012, I actually did a photo a day for a whole year and was really good about it. I love little challenges like these. Those photos, mainly selfies because of my laptops built-in webcam, would never have existed if I hadn't decided to do it. I could see when I had started my first job at a Mexican restaurant, when family had come over to visit, and so on. I hope starting this challenge will turn out in a similar way.

I invite you to join me if you are interested. Photos are an awesome way to see where your attention really goes and how little things change. One of my personal favorite changes to see in photos is hairstyles over time.

Another thing I want to do this month is to live and buy purposefully. By this I mean that I want to go through February without making any spontaneous purchases, only ones that are pre-planned and necessary. To do this I will continue planning the meals for the week, learn how to make some of the products I use regularly, continue downsizing my wardrobe (maybe add staple pieces if needed), and so on. 

Have an awesome day!