09/30/2026
It's Small Win Wednesday! The Bakeshop is closed on Wednesdays and I'm trying to find the happier bits in life so I'm looking for the small everyday wins. Share with us your small wins so we can celebrate them with you!
I'll start! I just got back from a short NYC trip and my small win is feeling like myself again. The past few years have held a lot of loss and being a business owner (and the only one in the kitchen) and a partial caregiver of my mom sometimes feels like my plate is very full and very heavy and everyone's everything matters more than mine. I lived in Manhattan almost two decades ago and had only been back once (15 years ago, before the shop opened) since I moved away. I decided that I was going to take a few days to reclaim and revisit the things I miss about the city and about myself. I had fantastic Greek food with fantastic company (one of my cousins) and a pint at what used to be my neighborhood pub (it's different now, but worth the 70 block walk). The top of the Chrysler Tower was the view from my apartment window all those years ago (never took a photo of it then, fixed that). I did some solid retail therapy with books, art, and shoes (new docs!). And the highlight was seeing some live music of bands that read the diary I didn't write (I will always say Saves The Day should have played for longer, always a favorite!) with an old ride-or-die friend from college (who I used to see all these bands with 20+ years ago). Now that I'm home again, I feel more myself than I have in a while. I went to have a small break to forget, but came back remembering what's important.
Share with me your small wins! We want to celebrate with you! When you look for the good, you will find it in abundance.