Ladies of Hive Community Contest #230 | Counting my blessings is what I enjoy the most right now!

Greetings wonderful Ladies of Hive! I wish you safe and well no matter where you are. I am Iris from Indonesia and this community really amazed me with a variety of interesting entries from women all over the world. This is the second time I participated in a contest and it was really fun to write about a given topic and see others perspective. What an interesting theme to think and write about.

The topic that I choose today is:

Like most Ladies of Hive, you probably have plans and goals for the future, but today let's focus on the present. Tell us what part of life you enjoy most right now.

For me the part of live that I really enjoy right now is watching me transform to be a better version of me. In the last three years I experienced so many big changes on my life. I quit my 4 years job to be a stay home mom, became depressed, experienced a nasty baby blues, had to leave the comfort of my home and stay with my parents due to a new job while slowly picking back my life.

It was not an easy ride, but somehow I got here. During that turbulence time, I realized that there are many situations in life that you cannot change no matter what you do. The only thing that you can change is yourself. So I started to focus on myself to be a kind of version that was needed by my son, husband, and family. And most of all, I try to be a person that I would genuinely like.

My job made me to interact with a lot of people fron various social backgrounds and that makes me realize that everyone had their own struggle. So I stopped focusing on my challenges and started to count my blessings instead. I enjoy the long trip I had to take to different cities, and try to make the most out of the little time I had with my family and friends. I started to write again, to just listen the music and sing along, and to stop by randomly to appreciate the beauty of nature.

Slowly, I become the better version of me who can enjoy the happiness that offered by life, if we bother to notice. I make memories with my son everyday by playing along with him and it give me back the simple enjoyment that I long forgot as a kid. I really like to teach him about something new, to watch those little eyes amazed by simplest thing and to see the knowledge grown in that little brain.

When I allowed the life taking course and adjust my sail instead of fighting the current, turned out life feels easier and lighters. Of course, I still have goals and wishes, but I try to remember to enjoy the journey as well. So right niw, every day is pretty much exciting and I learn to be patient and always be grateful. I hope that all of you also found things that make you enjoy your life now and living it to the fullest.

Thank you for reading my entry. Feel free to stop by and share your story as well in the comment because that would really make my day. See you around on the next contest.