33 things that bring me endless joy
on my 33rd birthday.
I never worried much about aging until I hit 30 and then I started thinking about how next I would be 40 and that i’d never be young again.
Yet here I am, the happiest and most content i’ve ever been so why shouldn’t that be celebrated? And I guess to many I am still young so here we are changing the narrative.
33 things that bring me joy and endless gratitude …
Substack! I feel finally in alignment with what i’m creating, I never feel like I have to overshare or give too much of myself like I have on other platforms in the past. So thank you for being here and supporting this joy.
Spring flowers - honestly all flowers but peony season is hitting especially hard this year.
Early morning walks with my husband.
Family dinners.
Pancakes!
Sitting in my mums garden with a cup of tea and the dogs.
Reading a book that feels like summer.
Sleeping with the windows open and feeling a cool breeze waking up in the morning.
That first cup of coffee in the morning.
The smell of fresh washing dried in the sun.
Listening to jazz playlists
Curating my own playlists for different seasons and times of day.
Creating in general.
Rewatching my wholesome comfort shows and films.
A weekend afternoon on the sofa flicking through a magazine.
A morning at a musuem.
Sunlight.
Long Scottish Spring/Summer days — especially those 4am sunrises and 10pm sunsets.
Planning trip itineraries.
Taking process pictures of the trees on our daily walks to see how they bloom.
Collecting dinnerware and using my favourite plates and mugs each day.
Singing Taylor songs when i’m alone in the car.
Collecting momentos when traveling.
Collecting in general - hats, coffee table books, magazines.
Writing in my journal with a fountain pen.
The little notes on my tea bags.
Trying new recipes.
Listening to politics podcasts.
Going to the antique market.
Making little nooks or vignettes at home.
Fancy everyday products like soaps and cleaning products.
Coffee and cake dates.
Mary Oliver poetry.
Have a wonderful week,
L xo
Why does tea always taste better in the garden? Happy birthday!
Agree with everything on this list and I have decided we must have the same brain because we were born a day apart! Hope you had the loveliest birthday angel 💘