Today I am enjoying my achievements and remembering the peace that there is in silence.

I’ve tended not to enjoy my achievements too much in the past, going quite rapidly from celebration to self-criticism mode, identifying ways in which what I did could be better, and generally devaluing myself. But today, I slipped into feeling good about the final product mode and managed to stay there. It feels good to feel good and to have effectively blocked out one bit of negative chatter, without actively trying at that moment. I’ve been working at quieting and neutralising some of the mood monsters in my head – I just may have taken a step forward.