Gratitude journaling together

Life
2043
  1. I have a lot of flexibility in my life.
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2044
  1. The Mauna Loa Eruption, HI - USGS live stream. So spectacular.
  2. I’m allowed to work from home when I want to. It was useful today as I didn’t get enough sleep and it was nice to not have to leave the house.
  3. This cat snuggling with its friend.
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2045
  1. Lisa did some of my chores for me because they were too much.
  2. Lisa seems to like the shawl kit I got them as part of their “advent” calendar. I got them this kit and it’s coming out beautifully. (The shop was also great: they offer a yarn winding service and offer to include knitting needles in the kit, with the result that I could just give Lisa the thing and they could start right away. Which they did! Good quality needles, too.)
  3. Each evening, me and Lisa are sitting together to crochet a blanket. We’re not really sticking to our schedule of doing it as an “advent” blanket, but maybe we can start to catch up soon. Anyway, we spend the time listening to or watching something, and right now we’re rewatching the old BBC adaptation of Have His Carcase starring Edward Petherbridge and Harriet Walter, and I adore it.
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2046
  1. The cat has finished his course of antibiotics - he took the pills so well, I’m so proud of him!
  2. Haircut today, and the hairdresser’s just charming
  3. Nice fire tonight, as the cold snap starts
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2047
  1. My new ereader arrived! Thoughts/some pics on Mastodon. It’s an Inkpalm Mini 5, a Xiaomi product.
  2. I feel a bit more myself today.
  3. I can practically feel the pain draining out of my face as painkillers kick in.
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2048
  1. An ocean charity that I donate to sent me a Christmas card that says “Best Fishes”.
  2. A local charity shop accepted a whole shelf’s worth of old games and jigsaw puzzles.
  3. A goal I no longer need has finished its archive week and I feel very satisfied that it is gone.
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2049
  1. “Best Fishes” made me smile.
  2. Thanks to a certain someone, we’re getting dessert delivered this evening.
  3. Warren Gatland is now the head coach of the Welsh team again! They were #1 in the world under his guidance, so hopefully he can turn them around in time for the World Cup.
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2050
  1. Met up with some old friends for dinner in London
  2. Went on a trip to London!
  3. Nice fleecy warm winter coat
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2051
  1. Plans with friends this evening.
  2. Supportive bosses.
  3. Finished a book I’d been struggling to read.
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2052
  1. A private chat space that I hang out in has been renamed with a sweet and relaxing name.
  2. A butcherbird was singing for several minutes on a branch near to me while I was gardening.
  3. I felt relaxed this morning.
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2053
  1. Had a lovely walk in the crispy frostiness of the day
  2. C. made me unexpected hot chocolate
  3. Let go of an annoying chore, deciding it wasn’t important enough and could be half-assed quite reasonably
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2054
  1. I met my boss for the first time, and he paid a cocktail for me (it was good)
  2. I’ve met old friends from school, and they’re going fine. It felt good to take a time machine.
  3. Side-gig: relationships with customers have been getting better in the last week.
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2055
  1. The official music video for Elderbrook - Inner Light with Bob Moses. It has two people on a rotating platform and the speed is sometimes fast enough that they can stand at steep angles. It’s mesmerising!
  2. Ages back, I saw this Infinity Cube Fidget for sale in a shop and didn’t buy one because it was expensive. I have not been able to get it out of my mind since because it felt SO GOOD. A friend has just found that website for me and I have ordered one! :tada: (SO SO SO SO GOOD.)
  3. The same friend found a bottle of wine for sale at a cheap price and bought it, and the next day it went onto a wine critic’s list as one of the best wines in Australia.
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2056
  1. The players at Cardiff Rugby are sweet and helpful. Nobody I know involved, I just like that a team I support stepped up.
  2. I’m taking esomeprazole for two weeks now so my acid reflux problems should calm down a bit.
  3. Lovely people who talk to me about books to distract me when I’m anxious.
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2057
  1. Seeing a performance of Handel’s Messiah at the local Ampleforth Abbey (think: Hogwart’s, but with stationary staircases)
  2. Finding my car keys, which I thought I’d lost in the pitch-dark car park
  3. C.'s stollen-style marzipan confection
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2058
  1. I rescued a pretty little red insect that I found on my bag, and when I took it to a nearby plant I found a whole family of them.
  2. A surprise gift of a huge Toblerone bar.
  3. Bananas.
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2059
  1. Someone bought me some Ferrero Rochers!
  2. A friend from FFXIV is helping me with my healthcare-associated infections class because she’s a nurse. :laughing:
  3. Still enjoying watching Lisa enjoy their advent presents.
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2060
  1. Watching Strictly semi-finals.
  2. Just being able to book another (probably unnecessary) fuel delivery without worrying.
  3. This new keyboard. The mechanical keys and the layout are just gorgeous.
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2061
  1. That Toblerone bar is still going strong.
  2. I found a lovely shop of pretty things and bought presents for three people.
  3. I went to a supermarket that I don’t usually go to and it had my favourite biscuits (a particular brand of stem ginger biscuits).
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2062
  1. My mum will be coming with me to the dentist so I don’t have to be on my own getting my fillings.
  2. Not many chores today.
  3. I’ll see my dad for a bit today.
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