Gratitude journaling together

Life
2603
  1. The post-workout shake mixed using kefir
  2. Mopped the floor and it came up ok
  3. The moon was lovely in the night
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2604
  1. I get to try out being a tank for my static on FFXIV tonight. Something new! (Well, I tank a lot, but not in high-end content.)
  2. My dad got me Easter chocolate and I remembered it today.
  3. No big plans this weekend.
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2605
  1. SGQ: I woke up on time to pick my wife up from work this morning, so we didn’t have to pay for a Uber or taxi.
  2. Having a job with a good work-life balance so I can take the day off to get errands & housework done.
  3. Found a giant bag of peanut M&Ms on post-Easter sale.
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2606
  • self-gratitude: i’m super grateful that i managed to vacuum my whole room thoroughly. plus also the rest of the flat, but a thorough vacuuming was most and longest overdue in my room.
  • i’m grateful that the night turned out great, despite not going as planned.
  • i’m grateful that the weekend has only just started, basically. maybe i can really push through and work hard and get my presentation done in time.
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2607
  1. New book today!
  2. Lisa bought me an expensive minion in FFXIV. It’s just fake money and a bunch of pixels, but still. I like collecting things, and I loved that character.
  3. New K.J. Charles book is out (technically not “new”, since it was out exclusively in audio for a while, but new to me and new in ebook).
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2608
  • self-gratitude: i’m grateful i allowed myself a short nap.
  • self-gratitude: i’m grateful i’m deciding to go to bed now. no reason staying up when my concentration is dwindling visibly. i am just so tired. will i be able to finish tomorrow? how knows; but the chances are probably better when i’ve slept well-ish.
  • i’m grateful most of the flat is tidy-ish. it just looks nicer when there’s less stuff thrown around everywhere.
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2609
  1. SGQ: deciding to attend this birthday party at last; and when it ended, going to this concert I planned to go to but was too lazy initially.
  2. Having a chance to practice one of my favourite past time in my job
  3. Late-night conversation with this person
  4. Complice&beeminder holding my life together somehow :joy:
  5. The trust I have with my partner
  6. Boss being very appreciative of my recent work
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2610

  1. The fact my wife supports my Beeminder usage.

  2. Got both cars cleaned out today.

  3. Had yummy pesto pasta.

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2611
  1. SGQ: I think I’ve used this one before, but if so, I’m grateful for it again, so nyeah: I’m a good cook who cares about ingredients and pays attention to flavor and I like the meals I make!
  2. My cordless vacuum.
  3. My parents encouraging and supporting my desire to learn as many skills as I can.
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2612
  1. This article about the Titanic with its sad but sweet stories of people choosing to stay on board so that others could use the lifeboats.
  2. SGQ: While looking through my email archives for something I needed for some work, I rediscovered an email from my manager praising me for some documentation I had written.
  3. A walk in the park, admiring some recently-planted bushes.
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2613
  1. Nice walk today.
  2. Fun plans for the day.
  3. Seeing my childhood bestie more often like this.
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2614
  1. My brother came to visit the new house and had a lovely time
  2. My wife’s (albeit reluctant) tolerance of my gadgety nature - currently two keyboards, two mice, two PCs, a laptop and a direct-attached storage device on my desk
  3. Buying some lovely notebook paper for my journal
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2615
  • i’m grateful for the warm cake i had today, it was absolutely delicious! mirowaving food for a few seconds, instead of eating it right out of the fridge is usually a great idea! warmth = comfort.
  • self-gratitude: i’m grateful i brushed my teeth tonight. have to pull an all-nighter, which makes dental hygiene and food intake always extra weird; but now they’re brushed, and i flossed, too, so that the beeminder goal can be happy as well!
  • i’m grateful that i’m managing, somehow. this day / night / stressful presentation finishing is not fun, but it’s happening, and while i still constantly oscillate between “yeah no it’s gonna turn out horrible” and “yeah no it’s absolutely gonna be fine; it doesn’t need to be perfect, it just needs to be something, anyway, there’s no reason to care about grades!”, i think it’s getting more and more realistic that i’ll be able to scramble together something that at least looks a tiny bit like the thing it probably should have looked like :p
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2616
  1. I realised I have an extra week of time to study before my exams. I misremembered my exam date!
  2. I like writing to Grandma every week. Yay past!me for deciding to do it.
  3. A friend who’s feeling sick took time off. I’m glad he took the time for himself.
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2617
  1. People being very kind and awesome
  2. Good food
  3. Postal services
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2618
  • self-gratitude: i’m very very grateful that i successfully held my presentation this morning. i was nervous about it as usual, and i’m sure not sleeping and finishing it the night before didn’t help. but it turned out very fine. not my best work by far, but the prof seemed decently satisfied, and i know i am! it’s over now! i’m free! (until the next big deadline comes closer :p)
  • i’m grateful that my work schedule is decently flexible. so, contextual explenation time: after my presentation this morning, i went home because i was super exhausted and tired, and i wanted to get in 2-3 hours of sleep before having to go to work for 2 hours in the afternoon. however, i overslept^^ (i did set an alarm, but i think i must have subconsciously turned it right off without fully waking up … or maybe i was so beat that i just didn’t mind it ringing and didn’t even hear it, lol.) anyway, i can simply cut my tuesday-job a bit shorter tomorrow and leave early to go to the monday-job for the two hours i missed today, no big harm done. yay for flexibility!!
  • i’m grateful the places where i currently work are both really close to each other and also really close to my place. this is a miracle i don’t appreciate often enough on here!
  • i’m grateful for feeling so giddily happy and content and at peace today. with the presentation done and me having had at least an average-night’s-amount of sleep today (i think it was about 6 hours?), it really felt like tons of metaphorical weight had been lifted off my shoulders, and like the metaphorical forest in front of me opened up to show me endless paths of possibilities. :p it’s just great to have things pay off and go right!
  • i’m grateful that i can look back on this weekend with happy memories now. i had a really, really great time friday night, and then a really horrible/stressful time on saturday and sunday, because i was racing to finish this presentation. i guess if today would have gone badly, i would have looked back on friday full of self-reproaches and guilt. but luckily, i won’t!! :D :D :D
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2619
  1. SGQ: I did some extra cleaning of the kitchen and it was pleasant to see it afterwards.
  2. Jeremy set up a mirror for me.
  3. A possum stole a banana that I had carelessly left unattended but when I caught her eating it she just sat there and let me stroke her soft fur.
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2620
  1. I will get proton pump inhibitor medication constantly until my referral to the gastroenterologist goes through. And I can increase the dose at-will when things are particularly bad.
  2. My GP is really nice and thoughtful.
  3. Remembering that music really helps me focus.
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2621
  1. SGQ: I didn’t get much done yesterday and am not feeling very self-grateful today, but… I suppose I can be grateful that I can forgive that, take a nice breath, and restart cleanly today :slight_smile:
  2. Got some acceptably decent decaf from an excellent café near me.
  3. My neighbor’s adorable kids came over to meet me while I was working on our new house yesterday and they were very sweet and polite and excited about us moving in!

@shanaqui, depending on the sort of music you like to focus with, you may be interested to see (if you didn’t already) that OG lofi hip-hop beats channel Lofi Girl (formerly Chilled Cow) launched a synthwave radio channel recently that’s very good: synthwave radio 🌌 - beats to chill/game to - YouTube

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2622
  • self-gratitude: i’m grateful i’ll be in bed before 2
  • i’m grateful i didn’t start a new series today. i already have too many, and while i did watch things somewhat mindlessly, it would have been worse to fall into another full narrow hole.
  • i’m grateful my cousin reached out to me today. he just gave me his duolingo username, but i asked him how he’s been, and maybe this can be an opportunity to reconnect.
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