Progress is success

 Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatullah dears :) jummah mubarak!

It has been a nice Friday, ma sha Allah. I had an job interview at 12 for caretaker work, and at the end of the call the interviewer lady welcomed me back. Alhamdulillah! I'll start to do gigs as soon as possible. I actually have applied for certain customers, but this gig work we agreed on is even better in my situation, because I can control better when I'm ready to make more work and when less.

I also went to do grocery shopping and bought everything. I feel so happy when our fridge is full. Simple blessings, but not to be taken granted of.

Then we had dinner, prayers, watching tv. Suttis has been so calm lately, mostly he wants to sleep and eat. But he has been active too. I need to wear wool socks around the house when he is roaming freely because he likes to bite toes and doesn't hesitate. Luckily he is a bit slow (but sometimes he manages to surprise me... ouch!). 

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I'm happy with this progress. I have quite a lot to do now, which means less free time but more something useful to do. The gig work, then the anxiety group, workouts, blogging, hobbies, friends.. I have been long time in a hibernation mode so it's finally time to bloom again. :) Alhamdulillah. Things have worked out nicely.

I see also the progress in myself. I feel lighter. I can recognize situations where I might have acted a certain, negative way, and I'm able to choose a different approach. I had so many things to learn but I'm happy to notice that I am actually learning them. Because you know, dear readers, I'm still young but also already older. It's not so easy to change your ways anymore. But it is very much possible. Just need to pay attention and improve your introspective skill, meaning how you can look at your thoughts process and actions, and be able to analyze them. Sounds more complicated than it is. It's a way to say that every once a while, we need to look in the mirror and decide to be better towards ourselves and our loved ones, and everyone in general.

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Right now things seem so nice. I am happy about where I am in life right now. It's not perfect, and I have dreams which I still wish to achieve. But it calms me down when I see that I do get answers in my prayers after all. Just have to be consistent, and patient, and maybe those dreams will become reality too. Allah knows best.

I hope you have a happy weekend!

Later then,

Aisha