I might have to change the title of my gratitude journal for something else one of these days. Isn’t it boring to just name it plainly a gratitude journal every day?
Anyway, gratitude journaling has become a habit now. These days I look forward to journaling even though I don’t know what to write.
January has finally come to an end. For some reason, it has felt like such a long time for just one month. Next month, I need to start reading, fiction and non-fiction. I think a lot but do very little. I need to stop overthinking and start doing more.
I’m not saying that thinking a lot is not always a bad thing. A writer should be thinking all the time. But you should do something about it, too.
But before I start to do anything, I need to clean my house. Chinese New Year is right around the corner. And that means big cleaning. For once my house will be squeaky clean. After that, life should truly begin. It’s not that I’m Chinese or anything. It’s just that January this year for me was a month of reflection.
Today, my husband and I went to his friend’s cafe to have croissants. We chatted for two hours. After we came home, I did some housework and played Genshin Impact. I’ve been playing this game since its launch’s time. Just pulled for a new character today.
Today as we talked with my husband’s friend, his words stuck with me. He talked about when he was negotiating rent for his business and that his business would never fail. (To clarify, he had worked hard for a long time and has a lot of experience and intended to rent for more than ten years.) That mentality is something I really need. In the creative world, you never really fail, do you? Unless you do not finish your work. Once you’re done with it, then you can consider yourself successful.
At the end of the day, to fail or to succeed is just a matter of perspective.
Today, I’m grateful for the conversation.
–Petra
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