I’ve been gone a long while from here. That doesn’t mean that I haven’t been appreciating, as I do it everyday. It’s become a daily habit and my “go to” for feeling good most days.
Yesterday I discovered that I lost my entire website for my small business. I became so involved with my other life endeavors that I forgot to renew my hosting account. While I started the business in late 2018, I had been blogging since 2007, so there was a lot of material there. I had redirected my former blog posts to the website when I created it. Now, I cannot currently access any of it!
I was initially upset. I have to admit that I’m still not feeling 100% fine with it. However, I did make a decision that I need to find something to appreciate about all of this, so here goes…
I appreciate all the years of blogging and connecting with people. The connections I made from blogging were life changing. All is not lost.
I appreciate that a fund raiser for Alzheimer’s research led me to the initial blog, the name of my business and to my branding as “The Spirited Strider.” All is not lost.
I can appreciate that this is an opportunity to re-think and create something new. While I’m not so sure what exactly I’ll do, there really is no rush and I know that my inspiration will come when it comes. All is not lost.
I also appreciate that I may have a back up of the old blog on my laptop. I haven’t looked yet, but if it’s there, I will be able to see some posts that I made years ago. I am feeling the excitement of that, when I decide to dig and look. I have options and all is not lost.
I appreciate a Facebook and Twitter friend who suggested the archives online as a way to see if any of my posts are there. I don’t have the time now to pursue that for a few weeks, but it’ll definitely be a larger project that I’ll dive into later. I appreciate his help and suggestion! All is not lost.
That’s right! All is not lost! It’ll be exciting to see where I’m at a year from now! Meanwhile, I intend to be more active here once again.
Appreciation Magic 