- Drowsy today, but have gotten started on things and am successfully sticking to no caffeine 10h before bedtime.
- Instant Pot dal makhani turned out decently, and I know how to improve it further for next time.
- Looping the instrumental for Psychopathic Polka really helps when I happen to be tired and there are a lot of messages in the support inbox.
- I have my start up and wind down music playlists ready for February.
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- Mum is going to come to the GP with me to help me discuss my probable stomach ulcer and hopefully avoid invasive diagnosis methods that might trigger me. (Managing medical trauma is not fun!) And now that’s all booked.
- StoryGraph librarians are so quick at correcting data on books!
- Finally managed to fix an irritating problem with a program that kept opening at random times.
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- The personal motto I selected for this year, festina lente, far from becoming quickly trivial or irrelevant, which I feared, continues to be very applicable in my own challenges and self-improvement efforts.
- Found the topical medication I wanted at Costco just when I was about to give up.
- Eating an almond butter and jam sandwich stopped me from being queasy after drinking way too much iced tea at once, and I was able to complete all my deadlift sets.
- My brother has been very energetic and proactive with his health habits since group coaching this past weekend, more than I’ve seen him be in the past three and a half years.
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- i was super grateful this morning that the hot water didn’t die on my while i was in the shower. this happens not very often, but when it does it usually happens while i’m in the shower, which is horrible because going out into the kitchen and fixing it might not be difficult, but it’s Zero Fun when you’re all wet and cold. so yay for that not happening this morning! (this is also where writing down these gratitudes shortly after they happen really pays off, i very much doubt i would have remembered this otherwise XD)
- self-gratitude-quote: i’m grateful that i’ll likely be asleep by 1 a.m. tonight! (i guess writing these has made me realise how many of these are about my sleep XD … food for thought, definitely …)
- i’m grateful i again got to talk the new job offer through with my best friend. this would job number 3 to take on. i am still very ambivalent about it, but probably more realistic now, as well. the “interview” is tomorrow night, so i’ll see what exactly they would expect from me, then i can decide if i’d want to try to handle it on top of everything else!
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- SGQ: did the scary thing today again (edit: was worth it)
- I watched anime since a long time (1 week) and enjoyed it
- A long time friend inviting me out ??
- Someone reaching out to me to give me awesome Intel
- My friend trying to sign up for beeminder
- I found real enjoyment in work
- I’m euphoric! Mood is about the same or slightly better than yesterday.
- My relatives seems to be happy too
- My favourite season, springtime, is coming!
Non Gratitude Quota
- I’ve noticed that I don’t really enjoy the present moment as much as I could because I’m always forward thinking. (I know it sounds super cliché xD)
Have a good day, everyone!
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- The time I spent with my family was lovely.
- The trip back home went smoothly.
- I was able to meet a frind in Sydney on the way back.
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- Taking Gaviscon after every meal (instead of only at bedtime as I usually would need) seems to be helping with my reflux/throat damage.
- I got new books yesterday! It’s an order I’d been waiting for quite a while.
- I read three books yesterday… new books from that order.
(Two graphic novels and a short non-fiction: my reading speed isn’t that superhuman.)
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- I’m having lucid dreams
- Work was fun today
- Pasta was good
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- We have a 90% firm date for our house move
- Lots of beautiful views as things emerged from the mist
- Found a quiet ruined churchyard to sit peacefully in for a while
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i’m grateful for the bubble tea i got today after work. it was delicious, it was warm, it made me very happy! (okay, i was already in a good mood before i got it, but if it had been bitter or tasted less perfectly, i wouldn’t have been as happy, probably
:P) - self-gratitude-quota: i’m grateful i wrote a post about my experiences with bullet journaling, and how to possibly perfect it going forward. it’s a long post (typical), so beware if you want to check it out
:Pbut putting my thoughts and experiences into written words already helped me grasp things better, i’m very grateful i did it! - i’m grateful that my boss didn’t call me at work today. (he also didn’t call me outside of work, but that’s a given, thankfully!) i think this might actually be the first time ever that we haven’t spoken during my work days since i started there in september XD
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- Got an idea talking with my friend about making the work/study part of my day start more smoothly.
- Talked with my brother about the D&D campaign and it actually gave me some concrete things to do next session to set the tone better for new players.
- It is warm today, but not hot.
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- I slept well last night.
- While I was away from work, nothing broke in the services that I’m responsible for.
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- The latest E.C.R. Lorac reissue from the British Library Crime Classics series was a puzzle I really enjoyed.
- Someone shared with me that the reason they no longer have TB is that I urged them to ask for treatment when they told me they had untreated latent TB. Less TB in the world: now that’s a legacy I’d be glad to leave.
- Getting through my tasks in a timely manner this morning. Things are cooperating!
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- The availability of large, free, deep, museums for us to visit in London
- Potatoes Anna for lunch
- New comfy shoes for walking long distances
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- Barbecue smell
- New shampoo
- New fun gig
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- Had the opportunity to recall the big insights I had a few weeks ago during the coaching session today
- Lots of practical and extremely promising ideas for decluttering, de-jankifying, and streamlining my days
- Coincidence of coming back to Latin at the time when I’m undergoing a mind shift: it is beginning to become the natural language for describing the meaningful things that are occurring
- 先駆者 (Senkūsha) by Hoshimachi Suisei
- Many chances to learn from mistakes!
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- i’m grateful for the piano music i listened to today.
- i’m grateful that my friend agreed to help me craft a present for a mutual friend who’s birthday is coming up next month.
- self-gratitude-quota: i’m grateful that i’ll probably be in bed by midnight; 12:30 asleep at the very latest, i think!
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- A potentially-complex VPN problem was solved at the client’s end before I’d had time to start investigating.
- I have a booking with my favourite doctor. She’s in great demand and it is hard to find open sessions with her.
- Some amusing conversations with my workmates.
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- I’m still amazed and grateful at the night and day difference between how much I read last year and this year. (Links are to my graph that tracks backlogged reading goals started up and pages read. Both see an uptick around mid-December. Those who know me personally have hazarded some guesses as to what happened there… suffice it to say that a significant timesuck and emotional weight was removed from me.)
- Postcrossing team meetup this morning, was nice to catch up.
- Hung out with Siny and Thaumiel last night; will hang out with Thaumiel and some of the others tonight.
- No set plans for online stuff over the weekend. It’s nice to see them all; it’s nice to get a break from them all.
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- Have become better at self forgiveness over time, and maybe even better at laughing at myself now instead of cringing so hard.
- 1RM max squat is actually back to my peak last year, even though I’m not doing a strength focus program.
- Although I would never ever want to repeat it again, I had many good aspects to my childhood and teen years, as well as family life back then that have given me unique experience and knowledge that, when I think of it, most people don’t have.
- The interventions for clearing space and attention for focus at the end of the night seem to be working.
- Despite the distance, or maybe partly because of it, I have a better relationship with my parents than most times in the past.
- My brothers and my cousins.
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