🙋♀️ Hello Hive family! Here I am with my entry for the LADIES OF HIVE COMMUNITY CONTEST 158th edition- DEAR DIARY, and this is my first time writing in this community.
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I love to pen down my thoughts and feelings either on my notepad or my device note (Samsung Notes), but I have not written any that began with "Dear Diary", and so having in mind the contest topic, 2nd November (Thursday) was an opportunity to express my feelings beginning with "Dear Diary" as you see in the picture below and took a pause to complete it here. So, here I go...
Photo taken by me with my Samsung phone
Dear Diary,
On Thursday, I realised how much I had stressed myself with work and some thoughts for the past few weeks, of which I never felt the impact until that day. I was down and couldn't feel my normal vibe (the happy me, no matter the circumstance), couldn't figure out why I felt that way, it's not what I agreed with myself. During the stressful days, I actually felt good full of positive energies and noticed no stress. After much thoughts and self-examination, I realised what happened.
 Looking at myself in the mirror |  Selfie |
I spoke to myself; "Winanda, you have followed a transformational pattern for some time after your down time moment, but you skipped it this time around. Yes, I remember. How could I have rushed into my day that way?"
It's upto a month I began a personal journal and meditation sessions as a way to relate to myself better, feel nature, express gratitude even for the least of things around me, and get rid of stress. It has really helped me to connect more to myself, environment, not worry about the things that are not in my control and focus my energy more on the things that I can control and presently important.
 |  Screenshots of my journal sessions and progress from my gratitude app taken with my Samsung phone |  |
 Screenshots of ongoing challenge and completed challenges taken with my Samsung phone |  |
Every morning I wake up, I say my prayers, drink slightly hot water (which is a norm for me), then get into meditation sessions, carry out deep breathing exercises, get into the daily journal prompts, say some affirmations, read an article online, carry out 10 minutes exercise before I get ready for the day. I realised it has been helpful and had less to worry about (worrying does not bring any solution, so why worry?).
 Screenshots from my meditation App taken with my Samsung phone |  |
I know I missed some days of journaling in-between, but I made sure I did my prayers, meditations and the others which served. But, for Thursday, I rushed into the day after expressing gratitude for the gift of life, took my Samsung tablet and continued work from where I stopped the previous night and then remembered my prayers, did a short prayer and went back to work, my mind wasn't settled and I was worried. I didn't even boil water to drink, after I noticed the one in my flask was room temperature, I took it that way.
When I realised that I was meant to follow the pattern I have been on, I got myself to carry out the daily journal prompts and meditation, it was noon by then, so unusual. Then I spoke to myself, "a transformational journey is not a one day trip but a continuous one until it becomes part of me." Just like how I practise daily gratitude for the gift of life which is part of me, this intentional journaling and meditation journey has to be part of me. That's it, dear Diary.
Thanks for spending some time on my blog.
I hope you learned one or two things.
Love from Winanda ❤️
