I hung up my template for the F.I.G. collective next to my work desk, because I figured that way I will not forget about it. F.I.G. stands for finding joy in gratitude. If you want to know more about how this works, head over to Elisabeth’s blog where she explains it all.
We are already half way through week 2 for this week 1 recap, but later late than never I say. So here we go.
February 1 – I re-potted most of my indoor plants and now they have space to grow again. Everything about the process made me happy: having sunny weather to do it outside, smelling the fresh dirt, choosing new pots where necessary, watering the plants after, finding them new spots in the living room.
February 2 – I got a surprise gift today. My colleague cam back from visiting her family in Egypt and she gave me this really awesome canvas bag with a palm applique on it. She has a similar bag I kept admiring so she got one for me. I do have the best colleagues.
February 3 – I was taking the bus home today and it arrived at the stop just as I arrived, too. This usually never happens. Either the bus is late, or it’s early and then I am too late, or it is already full and it does not take any new passengers. So this was really nice.
February 4 – My son fell asleep during German class. So you would think that is nothing to be grateful for, right? It’s not, but I am grateful that he told me even though he knew I would not be happy about it. German class starts at 6:30pm in the evening and he does not like it much anyway so I can kind of understand. But that he was so honest about it really made my day.
February 5 – The feeling of my body being all tired out after gym class.
February 6 – I took my bike to get to work today and the weather was lovely and the breeze on my face was the best. There were birds singing and it smelled like spring.
February 7 – I planted some new plants in my front yard. First I got to pick them out at the nursery and then I got to plant them. I am not a big planner when it comes to gardening. I often just go see what they have, research on the fly and see what works.
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Your week sounds so lovely. And all your gardening has me almost look forward to spring. I need to get started a bit earlier this year otherwise it is all not working out with the produce I want to harvest.
I can understand your feeling of your son being honest even though not liking what happened.
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My husband has mostly taking on the produce decisions what is just fine with me. I am not that good a planning and do a lot of trial and error. Sometimes it works out and sometimes it does not but luckily California weather is very forgiving.
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You had a great week of FIGs. When the world feels like it is going to hell in a hand basket, it can really help to remember that not everything is bad.
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No, it’s not all bad but some days it’s really hard to find the sun shine through.
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You had a great week of FIGs. When the world feels like it is going to hell in a hand basket, it can really help to remember that not everything is bad.
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