December, For Me

Fresh air ๐Ÿ—ป

Before we close off 2021, I wanted to reflect on how my December was โœจ Here’s to my final post of 2021. Phew.

Main Highlights ๐Ÿš€

Online

Career, Learning & Community

Personal

  • ๐Ÿ’‰ Got my booster shot! Thank you, NHS. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ
  • ๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ Started to bring back my mindfulness habit, Iโ€™ve been meditating for 10 minutes for the past 19 days. ๐Ÿ˜Š Iโ€™m hoping to keep this up!
  • ๐ŸŽ„ Celebrated the holiday season at home
  • โ›ฐ Went on plenty of outdoor walks
  • ๐Ÿฟ Watched Spiderman: No Way Home – now my favourite Marvel film of all time!
  • ๐ŸŽถ Had more time to discover and listen to new music during my break
  • ๐ŸŽต Spotify Wrapped informed me that my favourite artist of 2021 was Nic D which is hardly surprising there.
  • ๐ŸŽฎ Reached the Season Cap (Level 100) on Destinywhat can I say? Iโ€™ve loved rediscovering the game.
  • ๐Ÿ“š Enjoyed reading โ€œPeople Poweredโ€ by Jono Bacon
  • ๐Ÿ’„ Re-discovered my love for playing with make-up
  • โœจ Attempted to start making new (local) friends as an adult

Things that made me happy ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ

I initially was unsure about taking two weeks off because I wanted to stay on top of everything going on at work AND I get bad FOMO. Hey, at least Iโ€™m honest, right? ๐Ÿ˜‚ But now that Iโ€™ve returned home, celebrated with family and spent my days more chilled without an agenda, Iโ€™m glad that I took this time off to truly recharge before the New Year.

The lack of agendas and expectations feels like itโ€™s given my brain extra space to process everything. As part of that, Iโ€™ve given myself the time to play and explore. Iโ€™ve discovered new inspiring music, went on fun walks that reminded me how much I love Sheffield and even put on extra-looking make-up as I used to when I was 12. I wanted to capture this moment; literally, just enjoy being a big kid sometimes. ๐Ÿ˜†

It was difficult to admit that I struggled to adapt to a lot of big changes this year, so having the time to just sit back and take it all in in a safe, comfortable environment has been wonderful.


December In Photos ๐Ÿ–ผ

Walks around the Peak District with my brother, Clark

Quote of the Month ๐Ÿ’ฌ

Judge tenderly, if you must. There is usually a side you have not heard, a story you know nothing about, and a battle waged that you are not having to fight.

Traci Lea LaRussa

Next month, my intentions are toโ€ฆ ๐ŸŒฑ

Take it easy. January always comes with high expectations and motivations for change, itโ€™s OK to take my time. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ

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