Positively Present’s Day 10 prompt for ’30 Days of Gratitude’ is Peace. Inviting and cultivating peace is an intentional act for me. Anytime I feel overwhelmed, I seek solace in colours and the mindful act of colouring. This is what peace looks like for me: I’m grateful for colours, silence and contentment. I’m grateful to…

Positively Present’s prompt for Day 9 in the ongoing ’30 Days of Gratitude’ challenge is Change. When I look back on the last 3 years, I can count more things to complain about than I can to feel grateful for, with the reason being that I began my PhD roughly this time in 2016. In…

Today’s prompt from Positively Present for the ongoing gratitude challenge is Work. This is one prompt I can write about effortlessly. My work is an extension of who I am, and I am the most ‘me’ when I’m in a classroom. I have often joked that I’m more anxious and distressed in normal life than…

The prompt for today in 30 Days of Gratitude challenge by Positively Present is Memory. Here’s a trip down the memory lane picking some of my most recent favourite memories! 🌸 Each photograph has a story behind it. I’m grateful for the memories, and for the reminders of these memories 🌻

It’s Day 6 of the ’30 Days of Gratitude’ challenge by Positively Present, and today’s prompt is Creativity. Creativity is the expression of the vitality of one’s soul. Creativity is what happens when we don’t let perfectionism dictate what we do and how. It’s what happens when we allow ourselves to express who we are…

It’s Day 5 of 30 Days of Gratitude challenge by Positively Present, and today’s prompt is Nature. Today’s post is all photos! Nature to me is getting recharged to face life again. It’s like a mother’s lap, a soothing song, a fulfilling meal. It’s the best place to forget one’s troubles and experience awe, wonder…

Music is the prompt for Day 4 of Positively Present’s #gratitude30 challenge. Music has got me through some tough nights and days. It’s been there when nothing/nobody else was, and has comforted and soothed me. It has also uplifted my mood on days I have felt lonely, and buoyed my spirit on others. It has…

The prompt for Day 3 of the #gratitude30 challenge is love! I have always been an idealist, not just with respect to love but for everything, though the steady fodder of Jane Austen, Brontë sisters, Elizabeth Gaskell, Thomas Hardy and others during my teenage made me even more of a romantic. I’m grateful for characters…

The sticky notes on my walls that helped me stay immersed in my data came down a few months ago. A few weeks ago, I stopped writing furiously and stopped counting the hours I had put in towards writing my thesis in a day. As I write this in the middle of the night, I…

Continuing with the #gratitude30 challenge, today’s post is on the prompt Knowledge. The Ravenclaw in me absolutely loves this prompt! I’m a seeker of knowledge, and one of my top strengths (of VIA character strengths and virtues) in fact is ‘love of learning’. Gaining knowledge by itself is an enjoyable exercise for me, untethered to…