It’s Friday! That’s cause for celebration on its own.

But I’m also celebrating because this week was hectic at work and I got through it. I’m still adjusting to my meds and each day seems to present a new challenge, but I’m getting to a place of more consistent management of my anxiety. My moods are also better, even when I feel exhausted, which is usually when the depression starts to bother me. I like my job and it’s important to me that I do well every day. It’s been hard to maintain productivity while on these meds, but I did it this week. Another challenge overcome.

I’m also celebrating because we (my work) killed it this week. I can’t talk specifics, but suffice to say: big client, lots of projects, and today we wrapped up on the second big phase of this first group of projects. We also were asked by the client to take on more projects in the near future, so that’s especially exciting! Knowing that we’ve made our management happy is always uplifting. I love my job for a lot of reasons, but specifically because leadership is encouraging and appreciative and understanding. There’s lots to celebrate there.

I’m also spending the long weekend with my amazing boyfriend, so I’m celebrating that. I haven’t ever been in a relationship where I was happy, really, genuinely, thoroughly happy, and this man makes me happier than I ever thought I could be. Who would have thought that communication, emotional maturity and availability would mean a healthy relationship? It’s something to celebrate, for sure.

I haven’t had a lot to celebrate the last few years, so today I’m celebrating all the little (and big) things going right in my life. Rather than worry over what I’ll do if I lose any of it, I want to invest my energy into enjoying it right now, being in the moment and drinking up every beautiful experience as it comes.

So here’s to this week. Here’s to the coming weekend. And here’s to love and the beauty of life.