Forever Thankful for … the F-Word?!

It’s November. Holiday season has taken over. And up next is Thanksgiving. A day for us to be with family, eat too much, and take a moment to be thankful for the things that matter most in our lives. And this year, I am oddly thankful for a word. An awful word, at that. The F-word!

It seemed that with the coloring book craze that overtook the nation a few years ago, the F-word began to thrive in art and activity books. I never really jump on that bandwagon, though. It just seemed so… unnecessary? 

But then I had kids. And between learning to be a mom-wife and running a business and a household and and and… I found myself feeling emotions atypical of me. Like anger. Frustration. Impatience. Okay, I’ve always lacked patience, but not in a way that made me unpleasant to be around. And feeling these emotions irked me even more because I knew I should feel grateful for every good thing in my life. Especially my kids. Because they are pretty awesome. But I was exhausted.

Anywho. My check-yourself-before-you-wreck-yourself moment was when I kept hearing the F-word come out of my mouth. I actually hate the F-word. But it comes out when I am stressed out and pent up.

So why on Earth am I grateful for that word this year? Because when I checked myself, I began searching for a guided journal to help me handle that stress and those pent up feelings. And I found this! F*ck This Sh*tshow: A Gratitude Journal for Tired-Ass Women. My first thought was, “OMG THAT’S ME!” The title was like reading what my mind was screaming on a daily basis. The subtitle was what I wanted to be… grateful. Plus it made me laugh (cue happy endorphins). 

I ordered the book, and the pages are pure magic. They make you reflect. They allow you to get it off your chest. And they make you laugh. It’s all the good and the bad of the day laid out on the page for you to acknowledge. Just flipping through the pages is enough to kick a bad mood. My mom and I certainly got a good laugh together when we thumbed through it. 

And yes, the F-word is all over the place…. There’s even some F-word coloring here and there.

I like the journal because of all of the above, but also because it’s not time-consuming (because a tired-ass woman is not sitting around watching soaps and eating bon-bons all day). It’s not serious. No pressure. Just release so you can enjoy the rest of your day.

But it’s also kind of like a Burn After Writing Journal… you might want to burn a page after all is said and done. You don’t want those fleeting thoughts getting into the wrong hands!

So ya, I am thankful for the F-Word journal this year. Because it’s helped me become a better mom, wife, person. It’s helping me check the feels I don’t like so I can live with the ones that make me smile.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.