Verano, so sorry you’re having a rough time … if it’s related to the time of the year, I can sympathise … although right now I’m having break from that.
Pootle, runny eggs are about the only time I miss bread …. to my mind it’s the only time bread is essential. Hope your rescue hens reward you well.

My positive right now ….
🌴🌴 currently lucky enough to be enjoying some tropical weather … Will be making the most of it before having to face UK weather again at the weekend
I don’t need any other positive right now, just happy to be able to step into a new personal decade in a warm location.

Okay, so new positive …. we have managed to get this thread one page further on! Well done to all who have posted positives, let’s keep it going … what positives can you share with us today?

Okay, so new positive …. we have managed to get this thread one page further on! Well done to all who have posted positives, let’s keep it going … what positives can you share with us today?

Posting a positive to get this thread back up above the reported posts.
I interviewed a new counsellor yesterday and she seems lovely and is very experienced. My body breathed a sigh of relief when she was explaining her approach. I did not realize just how on edge I have been seeing my previous counsellor over the last few months. I am so glad I made the decision finally to not go back. I have 2 more interviews this week, but am already more hopeful that I will find someone I can work with. My motivation to cook and make healthy meals has already improved. I think I was under so much stress that the relationship with my previous counsellor had gone wrong that it was causing me to almost shut down. So interesting the impact of stress has on our bodies and well-being.

Hello.
Pootle rescue chickens!
OK so the bread arrived a little earlier. It’s a bit difficult for me to judge yet but I went for the low carb as opposed to the keto. I have sourdough white and wholegrain half bloomers. Also a seeded sourdough loaf which looks a rather strange grey colour but I’ll try it and see. It’s all feeling very fresh and it’s in the freezer now. The company is Robert Andrew. I used to buy Livlife bread which was really good but they no longer produce it unfortunately. I’ve tried Hey-lo but haven’t been too impressed. I don’t know if you ever buy low carb seeded loaf bread but if not be prepared for slices to be similar in size to ‘nimble’!

So to my positives…..

👁️👁️👁️ Visit to optician who agrees my cataracts should be removed. Going forward with trepidation!

🍞🥐🥯 As above bread arrived will report back hen I’ve tested it out

📚👩🏻‍💻📚 Reading, well actually listening to, a really interesting book, “It’s not a Diet” by Davina Taylor. I’ve started journaling!

👩🏻✂️👩🏻 Hair cut and coloured yesterday which always makes me feel brighter.

Hope you’re finding positives at this miserable time of the year….
Oh! That reminds me just saw🌼🌼🌼 my first daffodils of the year (I know these aren’t daffs!)

Good to see positives being posted. Back from sunny climes now and not really appreciating the UK weather, however there are positives to be acknowledged, so here goes …
✈✈ managed to get a seat transfer on our flight home, giving us extra leg room for a more comfortable overnight trip
🧺🧺 first lot of holiday laundry done, only another three or four to go
🌸🌸 the hellebore gifted to me by friends, has given me its first bloomed …. deep red and sooo pretty 😍

Hope you’ll be able to post a positive or two of your own soon.

Always find it’s a difficult time of the year for finding positives, but feel I need to make that effort, so here’s an attempt for today …
🌻🌻 have completed the editing of the village newsletter for next month
🌻🌻 it stopped raining for an hour today
🌻🌻 have made arrangements to visit Dad for a few days next week
Nothing earth shattering, but the exercise of looking for high points and pluses is a good one, especially on gloomy days. Can you tell us about one of your positives?

Just one positive…..

It’s 13 weeks since the clocks went back but just 9:till they spring forward again. The countdown has begun. Enjoy those extra few minute of light each day …. Spring is almost here,

Thanks for the reminder that we are inclined closer and closer to the clocks changing again, V. Tgink it us nice possible to see the days are noticeably getting a little longer now.

Right, so, I have a few positives to report, so here goes ….
🌼🌼 yesterday OH and GS worked on DD’s car, while she and I caught up on news
🌼🌼 DD and GS gave me belated birthday presents, a cheese making kit (wonderful) and … this one is just up my street …. a Happy Jar. It comes with a little pad of tear off notes and each day you record something positive, memorable or perhaps just made you smile and put it in the jar. At the end of the year, there’ll be lots of wonderful things to look back on.
🌼🌼 today there was no rain until early evening – the first day without rain for a ten hours straight since we came home on 18th Jan!
Going to have one more 🌼🌼 four of my hellebore plants are in bloom and three anemones are in bud🙂

Sunny what a wonderful idea … a Happy Jar. I think we would all benefit from one of those!

☀️🌈☀️ My positive today was a dip in my scales for the week. Happy bunny here!

Well done on the discard Verano … keep going! Yes, think we could all do with a Happy Jar. It’s such a simple idea, easily and cheaply replicated too. In fact, I already have already identified a pretty jar to use as my 2027’s Happy Jar.

Anyway, my positives for today ….
🌸🌸 packing done for my visit to my Dad’s, leaving tomorrow by coach
🌸🌸 booked most of the hotels for our spring drive out to Turkiye
🌸🌸 OH managed to take down a dead tree at the bottom of our garden without mishap. Always a bit nervous when he takes on jobs like that.

I wonder if there have been any positives in your day?

Quick drop I with some positives ….
🧡🧡 Good journey from Somerset up to London ti see Dad … surprisingly little traffic!
🧡🧡 we had a pleasant meal out last evening and Dad is finishing it off for breakfast 😋
🧡🧡 a friend has just landed his dream job … he’s had a rough ride since folding his business 5yrs ago. Absolutely couldn’t be more thrilled for him, hopefully 2026 will be his year.

What about you? What have been your positives?

Me again, reporting positives in the hope someone else will do likewise soon ….
🌻🌻 Dad is doing well at maintaining his independence and seeking social interaction
🌻🌻 lovely morning with Dad amd one of his neighbours, sipping tea, chatting and laughing
🌻🌻 nabbed myself a charity shop bargain, a beautiful purple wool and cashmere coat with a wide shawl collar for £18 … one happy 🐰🐇

Enjoy you weekend and hopefully it will be full of positives.

I’m taking part in A Letter in Mind – Brain Appeal’s envelope art fundraiser for 2026. Artworks on envelopes of any size up to A4, can be created using any medium the artist chooses.

All the artworks are all sold at the same price of £85 each, to raise funds for the support of those living with brain conditions.

Will you join me? This year’s theme is Spring Forward and you can register today at, aletterinmind.org and the deadline for submission of artwork is the end of February.

Time to post a few positives….
🌼🌼 it clean sheet night …. hummmmm 🛌🌙
🌼🌼 it didn’t rain today 🤸‍♀️🎊
🌼🌼 a Turkish friend managed to secure a couple of hotel bookings for us, which I’d been struggling with. These complete the plans for our 2026 road trip.🚗🚘
Oh and one more …
🌼🌼 close friends have booked to visit us in June while we’re in Turkey 🎊🤸‍♀️

What positives can you identify? We’d love to read about them.

🌷🌷 OH passed his asthma review with flying colours
🌷🌷 completed the printing for our road trip ‘manual’, just need to get it all into a ring file
🌷🌷 saw a very small decrease on the scales today, but happy to see things moving in the right direction

Hope someone else will post a positive or two soon

Bouncing the positives thread up the list, in the hope someone will take a moment to identify some positives and post again.

Mine for today are …
🤍🤍 seeing drifts of snowdrops in the hedgerows and verges
🤍🤍 pedicure today, so sporting pampered piggies now
🤍🤍 packing list for our upcoming trip has been made, packing starts tomorrow
Oh and one more …
🤍🤍 scales reading down for the week … yay!🤸‍♀️

Just one for me…. eyesight is feeling really good!

It might be one positive V, but it’s a really good one. Hope there will be plenty more positives for you to share soon.

Mine for today ….
🌻🌻 this weekend has been one for family … had a visit from eldest DD and SIL; visit to youngest DD and to youngest son too, so have caught up with all offspring but one.
🌻🌻 good long phone chat with Dad today. He was upbeat and shared lots of news.
🌻🌻 lovely valentine date night with OH on Friday.

Hope others have had a weekend of positives too.

Sunny looks like you are the stalwart keeping this thread going. Well done!

☀️☀️☀️ Today we had sunshine! In fact we’ve had sunshine at some part of the day for the last three days.

☀️🌤️🌝 Added bonus it’s 4.36pm and still light … yes really … it’s still light and possibly will be until way after 5pm. Less than 10 weeks before the clocks spring forward. More than half way through the short days now.

👫👫👫 Grandson and girlfriend came for lunch. Lovely! But gosh feeling old!!!!!

Happy hols and safe journey Sunny.
Hope everyone has positives and even if you don’t post then at least savour them.

Thabks for joining in here, V. Yes, we’ve seen that round shiny thing in the sky a couple of times recently too, Verano! Have also noticed that the days are noticeably lengthening, which is so heartening.

Today’s positives for me ….
🌷🌷 the spring flowers are beginning to bloom in my garden … mini daffs, crocus, and mini iris too
🌷🌷 only the last minute things to go into the luggage now
🌷🌷 have been enjoying using my new rebounder for exercise snacking

Hope others will post a positive or two soon.

Hope you arrived safely Sunny.

Positives are a bit difficult at the moment but I think that’s because of the miserable weather. Anyway here goes ….

🫒🫑🌶️ Doing really well with my 30+ a week. I’ve been logging now for five weeks and am finding I make the 30+ but I do have to think about it and make sure I add in the odd new vegetable here and there.

👁️👁️ ‘New’ eye is doing really well. Now just wearing a lense in the other eye.

☀️☀️ Some sunshine today and my daffodils are almost in bloom. So looking forward to spring.

V, glad your new eye is working out well. Very impressed with your 30+ a week, pretty certain I’d struggle with that!

I’m back from Turkiye and thought it long past time to post some positives, so here goes …
🌸🌸 happy to see spring blooms and blossoms bursting forth … have lots of mini daffs and dwarf iris putting on show in my garden
🌸🌸 compiled a photo book for youngest DD’s 40th on 17th March, just waiting for I to arrive
🌸🌸 youngest son proposed to his long term girlfriend last Friday and she said yes 🥳🤸‍♀️

Hope there are positives in your world, please let us know about one or two if you have a moment.

Good evening.
Sunny really lovely ‘positives’.

My very first positive…..
☀️☀️☀️ We’ve had two days of full sunshine! What more can a girl ask for as the winter comes to an end and spring edges its way in?

☀️☀️☀️ Feeling much lighter (not on the scales) and brighter now that my daffodils are in full bloom. I wake up in the morning open the blinds and see my wonderful daffs around the bottom of a blossom tree that’s just itching to get into full bud.

👁️👁️👁️ New eye is doing really well after cataract surgery. Three weeks yesterday and I have a slight ‘feeling’ now and again but otherwise I can see perfectly with that eye unaided.

Life just feels so much ‘lighter’ and ‘brighter’ at the moment. Amazing what a few sunny days do!
Hope you all have positives too.

Verano, I agree seeing the sunshine is a real mood boost and like you, I’m very much appreciating the daffodils too

My positive for today are …
🙂🙂 it was the first properly sunny day in my corner of the UK, so got eldest GS over to join me for a gardening session. Was so lovely to be out there with my fingers in the dirt and to spend time with GS.

Just the one today, but it felt like a big one!!!

A few weekend positives….
🌻🌻 lovely date night with OH last night
🌻🌻 photo book I created for youngest DD’s birthday has arrived … really pleased with it
🌻🌻 have made arrangements to visit Dad later this month, coach ticket already purchases
🌻🌻 have been building up my exercise snacking on my rebounder

Those will do for now…. hope you have found some positives this weekend.

While I’m here … Best wishes to all you brave, determined and inspirational women on the forum on International Women’s Day.

In early with positives today …
🙂🙂 lots of exercise snacking today … really enjoying my rebounder and slowly building stamina
🙂🙂 lovely long chat with friend in Turkiye, good to catch up with her
🙂🙂 After a few days of misty grey, the sun put in a short appearance this afternoon

Hope to see some positives from others soon.

Can’t believe I’m the only one with positives … but regardless, here are mine for today.
🌷🌷 saw the sun for a few hours today
🌷🌷 en route to town today, noticed several magnolia trees in bloom … they’re so beautiful
🌷🌷 made myself a new bead bracelet this afternoon quite pleased with the result

If you have a positive or two, please take a moment to share with us.

Hi Sunny, I do have positives and thought I should jump in and support you, but I have been so busy with everything going on.

House viewing on Monday
HbA1c down to 6.9
Packing nearly finished.
We have a sitter arriving on Thursday and for the viewing as well I would be trying to clean from top to bottom, hence I have asked my cleaner to come back for a one off job. I should keep her on properly again but I thought I was well enough to do everything myself but it is good to have some help.

Really appreciate you posting positives again, SunshineGirl, thanks for joining in. Great news on your HbA1c result, I’m guessing that means you’re in a good place ahead of your trip. Have a wonderful time when you go away.

My positives for today are ….
🌼🌼 watching a little wren bug hunting in one of my rose bushes
🌼🌼 felt like a productive day, got some laundry done, lots of exercise snacking, old flowers thrown out and a new arrangement made, roasted some cashews and tidied the kitchen
🌼🌼 another day with a good few hours of sun … was able to have the kitchen door open most of the afternoon.

Hope someone else will share a positive or two soon.

Hi!

Definitely time for me to check in.

I was reading again today how important it is to find just 3 positives each day….. so here are mine …. amazing flowers from my son yesterday, daffodils under the tree outside my bedroom window are brilliant this year ….. another flower positive…… a ‘new’ magnolia has appeared on the ‘grass’ in front of our home…… apparently planted 5 years ago by a neighbour but this is the first year with blossoms!

Hope you are finding positives in even the smallest things.

Good to see you posting again Verano. I agree that finding positives daily has a really uplifting effect.
Like you I’m noticing all the lovely spring blooms. There are several fabulous magnolia trees local to us and they seem to be especially full of blossom this year.

My positives are …
🌸🌸 had a bad migraine yesterday … the positive is that my lovely OH took care of me, checking in periodically and bringing meds and water up for me
🌸🌸 my DD gave me a lovely dusky pink spider chrysanthemum plant for Mother’s Day
🌸🌸 packing list for our road trip to Turkiye compiled and printed out … not long now!!

Hoping to see other posting positives soon.

My final positives before I go on holiday for 3 weeks.

Viewing went well and they want a second viewing – we will be away but hopefully our sitter will keep the house clean and tidy.
All my packing done except for that feeling of ‘have I forgotten something’. Still got daily things like toothpaste etc.
Sun is shining and hubby is out mowing so it will be tidy for our sitter coming and also for our viewing (s).
Washing out on the line ready to make up the bed for our sitter. Bed is currently covered in suitcases.

So I’m using this thread as my ‘journal’ at the moment. I have reinstated my ‘to-do’ list each day and this is now part of that list. So ……

Today my positives are …..

Having a few hours to myself without interruption!!!
Finally getting guest list for a small lunch finalised …. why can’t people just say yay or nay!
The sun shone again!!

Hope you can find a few positives.

OK. So day 3 of my journalling …..
Had our rendering cleaned today … well it’s spring?
New haircut and colour so feeling happy.
And yes the sun shone again today!
What’s not to like when the sun is shining!

SG, sounds like you’re all systems go for your trip. Have a wonderful time away, relax and enjoy every moment.
Verano, very happy to have you journaling your positives here and I’m enjoying reading reading them. Like you, I’m enjoying the sunnier days too.

My positives for today are ….
🌼🌼 my first one is related to sunny days, GS and I spend a goodly chunk of today gardening. Have so enjoyed having my hands in soil planting things and tackling weeds etc.
🌷🌷 am managing to build on my exercise snacking and enjoying using my rebounder
🌻🌻 have purchased Easter eggs and made a good start at sorting out cards and gifts for the birthdays which will happen while we away in May and June

If you have noticed any positives recently, please take a moment to post them for us to share.

Good afternoon. Yet another sunny day! Life is so much brighter when the sun shines.

So day 4 of my journal…

‘To do list’ still going strong. It definitely helps me to do all the things I should like drink water! Who would have thought you need a reminder!

Back on track with meditation now. I’m sure my ‘to do list’ is helping there too.

My 30+ a week has been going really well for the last 9 weeks although week 10 has become a bit of a struggle. My notebook shows that I’m relying on the same few vegetables and fruits this week so I need to add a few berries and some seeds and maybe even an apple!

Have a good evening.

Positives from my corner …
🌹🌹 a sunny day ideal for enjoying my garden
🌹🌹 added some tai chi to my exercise today
🌹🌹 feeling slimmer even though the scales aren’t so sure
Hope you all have a weekend packed with positives.

Sunny how you ‘feel’ is so much more important than a ‘number’. In fact that ‘number’ has such great power in ruling our lives I think we need to find a way to ‘disarm’ it!

So for me day 5 of week 1 and still making my three

Today
Bought weed killer and weed suppressant to rejuvenate a few ‘stone’ filled paths.
Had a delivery of Lindt chocolate. OK doesn’t sound good but my ‘treat’ is a couple of pieces of Lindt. Buying directly from them was the most economical way to do it just now …. even though it meant buying lots and lots of chocolate bars!
The blossom tree just outside of my bedroom window is 2seconds away from blooming! Hoping when I open the curtains tomorrow it will have ‘blossomed’.

Hope you have some positives today.

Good evening.

Today I’m struggling to find three positives. ….
So, yes the sun shone and that was lovely
I had a lovely gift of an orchid.
I’ve had a ‘really need food’ day today and just wanted ‘carbs’ so had noodles and I must admit I really enjoyed them, so that’s good. Had my quota for this year!

Tomorrow us another day and it will be more healthy!

Well done on finding three positives Verano. Strange isn’t it, some days it’s hard to pin down specific positives, even though it’s been a pleasant enough day.

Anyway, my positives for the last couple of days are…
🌼🌼 more gardening, loving feeling the sun on my back and having my fingers in the soil
🌼🌼 dinner out with youngest DD and her son, as a belated 40th birthday celebration for her
🌼🌼 neighbours brought round a dozen free fresh eggs for us, from their hens who apparently have gone into production overdrive with the sunny weather
🌼🌼 last travel element booked for our upcoming road trip to Turkiye …. only a couple of weeks now before we go

Does anyone else have some positives to share? Hope to be reading some soon.

So I missed yesterday but that’s not a reason to give in/up.

Today cooked a roast… a very rare occurrence here! Only because our son joined us for dinner so positive number 1.
Having our garden ‘spruced up’ so even though we have a long way to go it’s looking much better.
The buds on my apple tree are looking almost ‘fit to burst’. Really looking forward to that.

Hope you have some positives too.

Good evening.
It’s Tuesday and I have a couple of positives…

Had a phone call from a friend today so a nice chat.
Had an invitation to a party but will be away but nice anyway.
Got an appointment for a follow up lung scan but can’t make it but on the list for a cancellation so all good.

Hope Tuesday has been kind to you.

Definitely overdue for posting here, so here goes ….
🌸🌸 currently visiting with my Dad, pleased to say he’s doing well
🌸🌸 two watercolours I submitted to a charity fund raiser have sold online …. no-one could be more surprised than me, but I’m very happy about it
🌸🌸 spent some time pottering in Dad’s garden, lots of colour in it, full of spring blooms and new growth.

Hope your weekend will be full of positives… lookkmg forward to read about some of them here.

Sunny looks like we are just two with sunshine-girl joining us when she can.
Hope you’re having a great holiday s-g!

So I have some positives….
Invited out to ‘lunch’ a few days ago and it was lovely to catch up with people I’d not seen in a while.
Garden is coming on well and new stones have arrived to replace some chippings that were way past their best.
Trying to book a cruise for the autumn but finding my OH is quite resistant despite wanting to holiday with friends who want to join us. Positive is … I think I can persuade him!

Hope you have a lovely weekend wherever you are and if in the UK don’t forget to PUT YOUR CLOCKS FORWARD TONIGHT! Longer days are here!

Very mixed day here today but at least we now have sunshine although it’s quite windy.

Had some friends here for lunch today all very BSD friendly except some tiny new potatoes, some pitta and a delicious Sicilian lemon tart … very tart! I did have a small slice of tart and a tiny pitta and even two very mini potatoes and thoroughly enjoyed them all. Life goes on!

My tree outside my bedroom window has finally ‘bloomed’. It only lasts a few days but it’s lovely while it lasts.

So to my last for today….I have managed to salvage a beautiful cymbidium white stem orchid from a Mother’s Day bouquet that was past its best, and it really is beautiful. Paired with a few green leaf stems I’m sure I’ll get at least another week out of it!

Hope you’ve had a good and positive weekend whatever you did.

Hope you can persuade your OH to agree to your autumn cruise, Verano. Really like your floral positives, I’m loving all the blossom and spring flowers about at the moment.

Anyway, some positives from me for the end of the weekend …
🌷🌷 OH joined me at Dad’s yesterday and helped out with a few small DIY jobs
🌷🌷 met youngest son and GD for lunch today, lovely to see them and catch up on their news
🌷🌷 good journey home late afternoon, going to have a relaxing evening now

In the coming days, I’ll be starting prep for our road trip, sorting out gifts for upcoming birthdays (Inc. OH’s on Wednesday) and maybe starting a new project to upcycle some old photo frames with paint and decoupage and doing some watercolour painting too.

Whatever you have planned or indeed end up doing, hope there’ll be plenty of positives presenting themselves and that you’ll take a moment to share a few with us.

Quick check in with some positives for today ….
🌻🌻 lots of tulips in bloom in my garden snd a sunny day
🌻🌻 brief visit from youngest DD and we’ve arranged for her and her son to come for lunch on Sunday
🌻🌻 have started packing for our road trip, it’s a complex exercise with three overnight bags, plus general packing, so I’m doing it in bite size chunks

Hope your day has brought positives your way too.

Positives for today …
🌹🌹 three more orchids put into hydroponics, only six more to do
🌹🌹 bagged a bargain pretty photo frame in a charity shop
🌹🌹 last of the birthday gifts bought and wrapped for those happening whilst we’re away

Hopeful that somebody will join in here again soon.

Hi, just jumping in with a couple of positives:

New puppy obeyed ‘wait’ command three times this morning! 🐩🐩🐩

Husband produced 2 wonderful presents for my birthday:- new wipers for my car 🚗🚗🚗 and a big box of hotel chocolat‘ seriously dark chocolates.