Day 150 - Day What?!?!

OK- I'm back... My little project faltered... I won't say I failed. I didn't... I was successfully finding joy in all sorts of little wonderful things in life. So much so, that I was forgetting to write about them. I would find myself 2 weeks 'overdue' and spend an hour reminiscing about the good parts of each day. This did NOT bring me joy. It was nice to recap and remember, but it felt more like a chore. It added to my stress rather than highlighting my joy. Flash forward 6 months or so (maybe 9? - 12?)... it's summer and life is hectic. There's been a lot of change in the past few months and one hurt husband. This has made me feeling pretty yucky. It has opened up a wide abyss of the-woe-is-me variety in which I feel completely overwhelmed and unhappy. In my nature, when I feel this way, I start picking apart my life in attempts to 'fix' my problem. Something is broken. I can fix it. This leads to overanalyzing, being hypercritical, and feeling sure that everything is pretty bad. But it's not. Everything's actually pretty amazing right now. I just need to get my head in the game. I need to refocus on all the good things and quit wallowing in the not-so-good. Suddenly I remembered a time when I did this before and it helped immensely. It was right here. A place that VERY FEW people even know about, but it just feels good to put it out there in the world. It feels good to remember to focus on what is right in life. So my joy today is Hope. I am excited to refocus on the good and hope that it reminds me to remember all the great things in life. Hope that the new focus helps me be a nicer wife and a more patient mommy. Hope that I will quit wallowing. The hope and potential of being able to be happy just as things are, brings me great joy.