Somewhat prompted by oulfis’ post, somewhat by my own intention to do some gratitude journalling, and mostly by finding @dreev’s old gratitude entries on that thread fun and fascinating, I thought we could maybe crowdsource some joy and gratitude in here. Bonus: I get accountability for my gratitude goal, which I haven’t made yet.
Not meaning to hold anyone to any formula here – maybe you just want to post one thing, maybe you do a list of ten, maybe you want to just share edited highlights of a gratitude journal from elsehere… Maybe you only want to do it occasionally, or once a week, or nobody else wants to do it and I’m on my own here. Still, worth a try.
So here’s mine for this morning – and I think I will try and do them early in the day, so I can open the day on a positive note (even if what I’m grateful for is stuff from yesterday). We’ll see how it goes.
I made @alys happy by getting a proof copy of an upcoming book for her.
Portal Bookshop sent me pronoun badges for me to wear during video calls to help people remember. They even sent me two options: ace flag background and enby flag background.
I have a whole stack of Cat Sebastian’s novels to read. Six!
(Also I like my entries from 2013 so much I kind of want to make a new blog post or something out of them.)
My gratitude entry for today: Um… Wait, I’m feeling really shy about this all of a sudden. I’m literally embarrassed by how good everything is for me personally right now. We’re in the middle of a pandemic and I guess I feel like a jerk describing how comfy and happy I am through all this. But, ok, let me try: I’m grateful for brilliant, diligent, good-hearted friends who were earnestly sounding the alarm about the pandemic in February so we knew to stock up and prepare.
Lisa bought me Easter eggs because my dad can’t really (I mean he could, but he couldn’t give them to me), so the tradition is maintained. Only better, because she doesn’t make me wait until Easter Sunday.
I thought it would be a busy day, but it’s not actually looking too bad so far.
Today’s “Grand Prix” option on the Uno mobile game is 2v2! I prefer 2v2 at the moment so mwahaha, now I will win. Hopefully.
Got a letter from my mum. (During lockdown, I’m writing to her every day the post is collected; she’s a doctor, and obviously feeling the stress, so I’ve been cheering her up and staying in contact… but also she doesn’t have as much time to write, so her letters to me are rarer.)
I persuaded myself to write a difficult message to someone.
My good cat chased away a bad cat who had sneaked into our yard. (She stays inside almost obsessively but RAN out the door as soon as she saw the cat.)
Ohh, that makes me wish I could get along with Firefox. I don’t know why it eats resources so much on my computer. I’m using it just for work now because the containers extension is so helpful, but some other stuff is just painful. I wonder if there’s something similar for Chrome…
I did find Firefox to be a laptop-crashing memory hog until I installed the Auto Tab Discard extension to unload tabs after they haven’t been used for a while. I keep a lot of tabs open and that really helps.
Alas, I’m a tab minimalist and still it happens! Restarting the browser regularly helps too, but in general it’s been such a clunky experience. Maybe it’s because I rely a lot on pinned tabs (always have six specific tabs pinned)… Still, I reckon that if I keep using it for work, I’ll notice if/when things improve and be able to make the switch then.
I’m finally feeling better after a really rough week.
part of the reason I’m feeling better is that after breaking down and crying during a virtual meeting ( they asked how everyone was doing and I didn’t have the capacity to pretend) a couple of coworkers called to check in on me and that helped me feel loved and cared for.
We’ve been able to have the windows open all day while cleaning so my house smells and feels really fresh.
Got a work inbox emptied in 30 mins (not Beeminder’s, that never happens).
Wife spent 5 hours darning the head of Helen Hippo, my childhood teddy, after a small hole developed. The patient is doing well and back at work supporting your support czar today, though taking it easy in a rocking chair.
Still, worth a try.
