Danielle Guerin

Archive for November, 2009

As I start this 30th day, I am already thankful for what it will bring:

1. Meetings with great clients
2. A work session with my new VA Partner

This past weekend, I’ve been thankful for the mending and sewing class I took in High School a long time ago. It allows me to hem my pants that I ALWAYS have to shorten because I’m so short.   Hand sewing allows me to calm myself and literally quiets my working Virtual Assistant voice.

I’ve also been thankful for my resilience. While some people tend to dwell on a situation that did not turn out well, I bounce back rapidly. Oh, I admit I do express my emotions. I just don’t stay in that energy for long.

Everytime I fall, I get back up, dust myself off and continue.

I am thankful for a great lesson learned a long time ago: we always have the choice to be happy or crappy. I choose to be happy… most of the time.

Thank you to Stacy and Heather from 30daysofthanks.com for this terrific project. I look forward to the 31 days of December.

Wow! Time does fly when you have fun.

These two weeks have been quite busy and although I did not take time to write a post about it, there was something or someone to be thankful for every single day.

• The French VA network, RPSAV, and its members
• The great service I always get at my favorite little Thai restaurant, Prasat Thai
• Fridays, my day to work ON my business
• The possibility to correct situations that I don’t like
• Time in Gracefield Quebec, about an hour from the city where I can go and just BE.
• Maple fudge from Wakefield Confectionery
• Hikes in the woods on a sunny Fall day
• Listening to the brook near our cottage
• Dinner at any restaurant with Mario
• Long talks with Mario about new projects
• Opportunities
• New ideas
• The hability to choose who I want to work with, client or VA partner
• My spacious home office
• The pink boa hanging on a mirror near my office door as a reminder that although being an entrepreneur is serious business, I don’t have to take MYSELF too seriously.

I wish all my American friends a great Thanksgiving weekend.

Today, I am thankful for this fabulous Seth Godin post that was tweeted by my colleague  Erin Blaskie.  So, that makes me thankful for Erin too.

I think this post is perfectly aligned with the purpose of this series. By focusing on what is fabulous in our lives, we will attract and / or create more fabulous.

I missed a few days posting so here is a recap of what I was thankful for these past few days:

Day 8 : Thankful for being bilingual. It means more books to read, more sites to visit and more connections to make.

Day 9: Thankful for an empty email Inbox. For each message: I do it if it takes less than 2 minutes, Delay it in an Action file, File it in a Reading file or Dump it.

Day 10: Thankful for my network. It made me look good with a potential client when I could refer a friend who seems to fit perfectly in his business.

Day 11: Remembrance Day. Thankful for those who fought for Freedom. Thankful for my sister and brother-in-law who are in the Canadian Armed Forces and are still around.

Now, your turn. What is fabulous in your life? Share it in a post and come back to comment and give us the link.