10 Things I am Grateful For Today

My goal is to get 7+ hours of sleep a night. To do that I need to make sure general life "anxiety" is under control so I'm not waking up in the middle of the night, worrying about the future or regretting the past.

Drinking alcohol is a habit. A bad one. I joined a challenge to let it go and though I haven't been perfect drinking socially has turned out to be a lot less than having that glass of wine (or 2) most nights. It goes back to #1, I'm sleeping better because of it. Another big bonus, my resting heart rate is lower. These two facts alone a big enough to continue this challenge into a lifestyle.

He's played second fiddle for a long time. To my heart dog and often times to the training dogs I have in my epic dog camp. He had some health and anxiety problems come up. It was a wake up call to pay attention to him and his needs. His diet has changed to whole food which in turn has me feeding myself whole foods. He gets some hard core exercise everyday. I'm grateful for the recognizing he was mirroring my own lack of taking care of diet, nutrition and some hard core fitness in my life. *A little exercise has never been fulfilling for me, and it isn't for this Weimaraner either.

I get to train dogs for a living. I get to work with them one on one. And then I get teach their people all about the reflective behavior they show up with and how they can change their own sense of "reaction" to most things in their life through a better relationship with their dog.

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I get to make it my sanctuary. I got a new rug and some bright orange chairs. Taking care of it makes me happy. Having a home to live in is a blessing. Having dogs in it, making food in it, tending to my plants and yard, it's all a blessing that I get to live like this.

I was going out a lot, eating at restaurants. Not only was it ridiculously expensive, it was bad nutrition. Changed my dog's diet to whole food. Watched it change so much for him quickly. Food prep for myself became easier. It's another blessing in my life.

It's paid for. It gets me places. I need to take better care of it because it's another blessing I have available to me every single day.

Alex is getting married today. I met him through training his dogs 20 years ago. We became good friends. Emma is like my dog. I've had her a lot while he traveled. He's marrying the love of his life today, over 22 years after meeting her. I get to walk Emma his little yellow Lab down the aisle to assist her in being the ring bearer.

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I love a good cup of coffee in the morning. It's starts my day. Right now it's my assistant while I do my writing practice. It gives me a charge for the day. Pour over is my favorite.

She's a good friend. We think differently and love each other because of it. She outfitted me for the wedding today with some of her favorite things from Montana. We've both got roots there. The hat and the turquoise jewelry along with my cowboy boots are gonna be stunning. I love that that. I love that I have friends and I love that I can feel stunning in a shared outfit.