Gratitude Challenge – SLP Style!
Have you seen Gratitude Challenges popping up on your Facebook newsfeed (next to the ice bucket challenge videos)? I have! I’ve seen different versions, but I believe this is the original website –> http://www.gratitudechallenge.com.
This challenge proposes that you describe something you’re grateful for for 21 days. I’m altering it a little to make it fit the lives of busy SLPs. Below I’m naming 21 things that I’m grateful for:
1. My family: they are my anchor 🙂
2. My friends: they keep me sane 🙂
3. Having a job that I enjoy: maybe not every single aspect, but I love doing therapy!
4. This blog: since I started this adventure almost 2 years ago, it’s been a creative outlet.
5. TpT: I make a lot of materials for my caseload anyway, so I love that I can help other SLPs out by sharing. Plus it has helped me begin to make a tiny dent in student loans.
6. Baking/cooking: this is something I love to do when I have time.
7. Reading: I loved to read as a kid and I still love to read!
8. Exercise: I like to run. I’m grateful that I’m able to be active.
9. Reality TV: sometimes, it’s necessary to just have something to laugh at
10. Online SLP community: I’ve “met” such great sources of inspiration online!
11. Being happy: not all day, every day, but 95% of the time I really think I am!
12. Reeses Pieces: because sometimes a girl’s gotta eat chocolate + peanut butter
13. Gummy bears: because sometimes a girl wants something gummy
14. Grandparents: I’m lucky to have had great ones in my life
15. Phone: I don’t live near my family, so I need a phone to stay in touch
16. Looking at the ocean: I don’t get to do this nearly as often as I’d like, but I love it when I do!
17. Confidence: Since leaving college, I think I’ve become a bit more confident in my abilities
18. Motivation to keep learning: while I may not be motivated 100% of the time, I like to learn new things!
19. Music: helps me unwind, keep running, etc.
20. My health: aside from a few aches and pains, I’m in good health
21. YOU!!! People like you who read my posts!
So now I must ask: fellow SLPs, what are YOU grateful for?
So now I must ask: fellow SLPs, what are YOU grateful for?
Here are my 21:
1–my faith
2–my 4 children
3–my speech language technician!! (What a wonderful awesome woman–will miss her when she “goes grad”!)
4–friends to watch a Jr. High football game with–in the cold, with mosquitoes and no lights!
5–being an SLP!
6–my daddy; he keeps proving everyone that thinks he “won’t last”; yet he’s still giving me grief!
7–my inlaws
8–my church grandma’s
9–TpT
10–the CF’s I have the privilege of supervising; I always learn so much!
11–being almost 50; it’s good to feel knowledgeable sometimes!
12–my kindergarten teachers-a great pair of ladies
13–my students who are not “easy” because they make me learn everyday!
14–the aches and pains that remind me that I am always changing, just like my students
15–friends who help me learn all things “techy”!
16–chocolate!
17–music, both that which I play and that which I hear; especially Christian music!
18–that my hubby usually makes dinner!
19–hugs; from my babies, from my students, from my friends
20–living in the country; when I go for a walk, I really get to see the seasons and the natural beauty of each
21–the ability to be aware of what I can be grateful for; Thank you God.
Thanks for adding yours Sally!!!