Thankful 30

I'm thankful I did 30 days of thankful. Redundant? Maybe. Truthful? Yes. I started this idea as a prompt to keep writing everyday and ended it realizing it helped me become more grateful.

I've always been one of those glass is half full kind of people. I don't understand glass is half empty people (life is never as bad as you think it is). I look at life through Pollyanna glasses and I'm okay with that. Writing 30 days of Thankful has made me realize that I have a lot of things to be thankful for - some serious, some silly and some just things that mean something to me. I hope you had the same experience. I hope you learned something about yourself and your life in the process.

So to wrap it up I've got a few things that didn't get crammed into the 30 days but I'm still just as thankful for because why stop at 30...

- That my parents taught me how to save money. In today's economy and world it's silly not to be taking care of yourself. I don't care how much you save a month but make an effort to put something away.

- That my parents taught me the importance of buying what you can afford and not charging things you can't. I didn't appreciate it when I was younger that I had to save half my allowance and learn to budget but I sure appreciate it now.

- That I am not an heiress (okay I wouldn't complain if I was) but I understand the value of hard work and earning your own way. Nothing in life is free. Sure Paris Hilton has a cushy life but I like looking in the mirror at the end of the day and know that I paid for (and not Daddy's credit card) my house, my furniture, my clothes etc...

Enough with the money theme.

- I'm thankful that I can laugh at silly things.

- I'm thankful that I'm grown up enough to know when to act like a grown-up and when to act like a kid.

- I'm thankful that I still think it's okay to dance around your family room like an eight year old. Nothing is more stress reducing than trying to teach C to dance to my favorite Britney tune blasting out of my stereo. Sorry neighbors!

- I'm thankful for a glass of wine on Friday (or Tuesday) just to relax.

- I'm thankful for bubble baths spent reading trashy magazines.

- I'm thankful for all the people that read my blog. Feel special? :)

- I'm thankful for my car - it may not be the fanciest thing on the block but it gets me to where I need to go.

- I'm thankful for my house. 100 and some houses later it may not be perfect but I'm determined to get it there. And my friend S was right - you know when it's the one.

- I'm thankful for the fact that I've lived in different cities - so what if it wasn't Milan or London. Moving out of my hometown gave me the opportunity to meet new people, try new things, and grow as a person. There's no place like home but now home is fluid to me. I can see my hometown from the outside flaws and all. I can see my past home cities and look back with sadness that I no longer live there.

- I'm thankful that I'm learning to take more chances. Sometimes you just have to leap.

That's enough for now. So I hope you enjoyed this as much as I have. I'm thinking it might be a yearly event. And don't despair I have an idea for December but for that you'll have to wait until tomorrow.