Shēngrì kuàilè

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Birthday treat from the hotel staff 🙂

It began in 2017 when I was sitting in a cafe on my birthday and just summarised a year of my life. Then I repeated it again a year later.  So I think there’s nothing to stop me to do it again in 2019, but this time from Shanghai and a day after the event 🙂

Since my last birthday:

  • I graduated with Master of Arts in English Language Teaching with Merit. Hard work, but, despite some ups and downs , enjoyable and, of course, all paid off 🙂
  • I’ve been to China twice. The second time, which is still in progress, has been quite an unexpected, but very welcome trip.
  • I’ve  discovered I enjoy pottering around the garden. I planted potatoes, pumpkins, sweet peas, herbs and array of flowers. There’s still more to be done…
  • I’ve restarted climbing and become a social media officer for  The West Midlands Paraclimbing Club and started writing a blog for the club .  And we made the news when BBC Midlands Today came to interview and film our amazing climbers 🙂
  • I’ve become an aunt for the second time.
  • I experienced what ghosting feels like…
  • I’ve noticed that there is still a lot of unexpressed anger in me. I’ve started learning to accept and embrace it, but I still have lots to learn!
  • I still don’t know what I want to do when I grow up…
  • I’ve felt extreme amount of gratitude for amazing people in my life 🙂
  • I attended a silent meditation retreat with Ajahn Brahm in the UK!
  • I attended (probably) the best retreat (and teachings) on The Power of Loving Kindness ever.
  • I’ve started doing affirmations and focused more on listening to people like Brene Brown (of course 😉 ), Wayne Dyer , Ven. Canda or Louise Hay.
  • I decided to set aside one day a month for meditation ( I call them ‘unplugged’ days), however last couple of  months things weren’t working out as planned (although I meditated)…

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It’s been an intense year, mainly filled with studying and work.  I’ve also learnt a lot about myself and faced few of my biggest Dragons. I don’t know whether it’s tiredness or maybe something completely different, but this time, as I’ve started a new year of my life,  I’m not feeling the same amount of hope and started questioning the goodness in the world….Maybe it’s an indication I need to go travelling? I don’t know. Although I accept uncertainty and impermanence, recently those two seemed to have caused me extra stress and anxiety. But this too shall pass… My wishes for the next year of my life are to finally learn to surrender and let go. To meet my life partner. To fully become an Authentic Self. Not sure if there’s anything else to say now but:

                         Happy Birthday to me 🙂