Hello Loves! It’s kinda hard to believe that we are already almost halfway through January.

My vacation is officially over! Today was my first day back out to work and since it was the first time for the year I was seeing everyone…I found myself wishing people ‘Happy Everything for 2015’. But I did get some questioning looks and I have to ask: when is it okay to stop wishing people a ‘Happy New Year’?

After all January isn’t so new anymore and I’m beginning to think maybe it’s time I stop. I think after Wednesday I will officially stop!

What I can’t stop doing however, is finding just one thing everyday to be grateful for. So without further ado, I give you my SEVEN for this week.

Coffee Love. Started the week with this cuppa love!

Snow Days. It’s kinda hard to believe that a week ago I was is -10 degree weather. We had a lovely snow day and I spent it with my cousin who got the day home from school because the roads were bad. Quality time with the soon to be 15-year-old was truly priceless!

Which brings me to My appreciation for sunshine. -10 degree weather and having my plans canceled because of heavy snowfall…makes one appreciate island life, sunshine, sand, sea and even the rain. At least with rain you can still move around. Snow is nice and all but one can lose one’s appreciation for it real quick. I have promised myself I wont complain about how hot the sun is for at least two weeks.

And speaking of sunshine, Watching the sun rise. I was fortunate to have a window seat on the red-eye flight home. Watching the sun creep over the horizon is totally different from above the clouds. It’s like having a front row seat to observe the majesty of God and His wonderful creation.

The awesome pilot on the flight home… My inbound flight was pretty horrendous. The turbulence was nerve-racking. So it was a sweet welcome relief that the Captain of the flight home – Captain Dowdy (sp) – took the time and effort to explain everything that was happening from the moment we pushed back at JFK to landing in Trinidad. He really made sure to reassure us that everything was okay and that we were in safe hands. This, while being seated next to a passenger who took great (read sadistic) pleasure in talking about the recent aviation disasters in Asia.

Dinner with the sibs. Our first dinner for 2015 – we have a family dinner every month. This is a practice we started after my mum died. Yes we talk to each other almost every day and we all eat at my sister’s house more times a month than we should, but we still find the time to go out and share a meal…and try something new.

Happy family news. While it’s too early to share all the details here, I will say big tings ah gwaan in the Superville-Chang clan and I am so proud of my sibs!!!

And there you have it. Here’s to this awesome gratitude practice. I hope that by paying attention to all that I have to be thankful for and sowing the seeds of faith and gratitude, I can truly carry with me and reap the rewards of “positivity + balance + bliss” throughout the days ahead.

Thank you for reading, this is me blowing some glitter and confetti on you because you’re super blessed to have received the gift of another 86,400 seconds today, to spend any way you desire.

Make those seconds count!

I love hearing from you…what are you grateful today? What made you smile? Feel free to share below!

Hello Loves! I hope 2015 has started off well for you and that you’ve set some intentions for living your best life over the course of this year. If you haven’t had the time yet…my hope is that you make some time over the next few days to do so.

While we may not know what 2015 holds, we do know who holds it. Thus, my prayer for you is that you surrender this brand new year to God. Get clear on what happiness means to you and then let go of everything else. I have been on vacation for the last two weeks so I am still in that hazy, glow of relaxation. But I feel like this is the space I needed to get clear on the kind of life I want to live this year.

7 for Seven started out as an experiment last year to change my “ugh…Mondays Suck!” feeling. I adopted this gratitude practice, which originated at Key + Arrow as a way to remind myself at the beginning of my work week of at least seven things from the week before (just one little thing a day) that I have to be grateful for.

And let me tell you…this practice not only completely changed my view of Mondays…I actually started looking forward to posting my Seven. I found out that paying attention to all the good things in my life made me happier. And you know what they say…like attracts like. Ergo, Happy people attract good things.

This 7 for Seven practice works quite like compound interest…except it applies to life. I feel like I am living a compound life because of it. And now without further ado, I give you my first SEVEN for 2015:

2015! I’m living in the future baby!!! We made it dear reader! We made it!

Starting the year with family. I am grateful that my entire family made it to 2015 with me. We have been through it and reflecting on those sad times made me so thankful as 2014 slipped into 2015 that we spent 2014 relatively grief-free. We don’t know what the coming months may hold, however, as for this present moment…we’re all here. And I am grateful for that.

Which brings me once again to Love of family. I feel blessed to be part of this family. God chose this time in history and this particular pack of stone cold weirdos as my companions on this journey. I could not have asked for a better tribe. And just so you know…fellow mutants are always welcome!

Checking items off my life list. 2015 has started with some major check marks on long-standing Life List items. The sense of accomplishment has been incredibly freeing!

Finding time for gym…while on vacation. Because…you know I’m not saying no to any of that holiday good stuff on this here vacation. I am ever grateful to my cousin who has appointed herself my trainer for the last two weeks.

Trinis are everywhere. Trinis are like salt…you can find us in every thing. I went to a random club in DC, on a random night and the DJ turned out to be Trinidadian. I mean the man (after I challenged him to play some Soca) was throwing down 2015 hits like it was nobody’s business! It was truly phenomenal!

Growing up. Moving On. Letting go in love. Finally. I don’t know when it happened. But it did.

And there you have it. Here’s to 51 more weeks of this gratitude practice. I hope in the coming months that by paying attention to all that I have to be thankful for and sowing the seeds of faith and gratitude, I can truly carry with me and reap the rewards of “positivity + balance + bliss” throughout the days ahead.

Thank you for reading, this is me blowing some glitter and confetti on you because you’re super blessed to have received the gift of another 86,400 seconds today, to spend any way you desire.

Make those seconds count!