Refined

I’m currently feeling:
Queemish

My thoughts creating this feeling:
Satisfied and in harmony. Yesterday we collected R from a train station she’d managed to get to despite engineering works closing the main line. She was quite chirpy. Managed to have a great conversation with her about books. She’d previously mentioned an app where you can log books you’ve read and join reading challenges etc. I’d started doing this at the beginning of the year and set myself a challenge to read 12 books this year. I’m well on the way, having read six already and only two months in. Anyway, I was having trouble adding what I’d read to my challenge, so she showed me how to do that and several other tips and tricks. We chatted about the different genres of books we like. Had a good CC Exec and WG Leads meeting in the afternoon. Hopefully get some support for activities I’m struggling to do because no one else will help. Then had a late dinner and chilled out watching TV and reading.

My desired feeling:
Refined.

My thoughts creating this feeling:
Today I am another year older. I have the week off work to do whatever we feel like doing, and spending time with C and R. Today we are heading out to our local RHS garden to look for signs of spring. I have dressed somewhere between casual and elegant. I am taking everyone’s birthday wishes with grace and accepting what comes my way. I will go with the flow and have a calm, serene and peaceful day.

I’ll show up on purpose in my dress, body language and presentation by:
Blue jeans, pink cardigan showing some cleavage with pearl buttons. Seemed appropriate therefore to wear pearl bracelet, drop pearl earrings and a long pearl necklace that I’ve tied a knot in so it sits just at the top of my cleavage. Feeling casually elegant, refined and feminine. Accepting the day as it unfolds, enjoying the beauty of the surroundings.

I will show up for myself by:
Dressing elegantly, accepting gifts and love with grace instead of cringing. Refining my habits and actions. Going with the flow of the day. Celebrating with style.

I will show up for my extraordinary goal by:
Thinking of the future me and how she wants to present to the world and what she wants to do. I shall take the day off anything to do with bellringing.

I will upgrade my surroundings by:
Create a florists display with flowers received. Visit our local RHS garden to look for signs of spring. Expect we’ll be lunching out so will choose delightfully elegant food.

Today I am:
Embracing it all.

Today I am grateful for:
The cards, gifts and messages people take the time and trouble to send. I know FB sends out reminders so some people are responding to that but even so, they could easily just ignore it. Some family members make more of an effort than others but thats ok. Having the first family birthday of the year means I get to reciprocate in the same way without guilt.