- My new PC arrived and everything seems okay with it.
- Pizza with my sister yesterday.
- It’s December, and that means it’s time to have fun giving my wife their custom “advent calendar” (aka blatant excuse to spoil them). And I’m grateful to my dad and the Beeminder team for helping me set up the gift for day one, a wooden “calendar puzzle”. Bethany replicated it as a browser game to help me figure out how to set it up for November 30th. (There are multiple possible solutions, as my dad provided one and Bee provided another!) Lisa took a while to solve it the first time they tried, but they got a solution for December 1st before we went to bed.
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Long walk in beautiful winter light. Saw lots of birds, including a great blue heron walking along a branch 30 feet off the ground.
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- i’m very grateful i didn’t forget my usb stick today.
- self-gratitude: i’m grateful with how i handled my beeminder goals today. no beemos and i even brought a few from yellow to blue!
- i’m grateful today’s presentation went well.
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- Some chair covers I bought a long time ago fit my new office chair.
- I was given Pandemic: Fall of Rome as an early Christmas present. We played it three times and so far it’s my favourite of all the Pandemic games.
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- Got FFXIV working on my Steam Deck, after some swearing and some crowd participation.
- Lisa wasn’t disappointed by day 2 of their custom advent calendar. I was worried it was a bit anti-climatic, because it was more useful and less about fun (a Welsh-English/English-Welsh dictionary for learners), but they’re very enthusiastic about their Welsh studies, so they liked it. Whew.
- Tomorrow will be 3rd December, and I have an awesome present ready for that. Ssshh, I can’t tell you yet!
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- i’m very grateful that i’m enjoying the snow so much.
- i’m very grateful that i was able to use the laser cutter again today. it turned out super well, too!
- self-gratitude: i’m grateful that i used the train delays to make good progress on some of my language beemos.
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- There’s been a Kookaburra in the garden today and yesterday, sitting on a tree and occasionally swooping to the ground to catch something in the dirt. We’re hoping it will keep visiting. It’s a handsome bird.
- SGQ: I did a good mixture of tasks and fun activities today.
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- Lisa did like the present from yesterday, a replica Triple Triad deck from Final Fantasy VIII. They took a pic.
- Dad didn’t forget to get me an advent calendar… and as always, he got me one with white chocolate, because he’s a really good dad.
- My new keyboard is so delightfully clicky and clacky!
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- self-gratitude: i’m grateful i took a walk in the (city) snow.
- self-gratitude: i’m grateful i started and finished a uni task today.
- self-gratitude: i’m grateful i finally took the time to listen to a new album of a favourite artist. zz-sides does not disappoint.
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- i’m grateful the day ended on a better note than it started.
- self-gratitude: i’m grateful i got a few things done before leaving for work today.
- i’m grateful the meeting today wasn’t atrociously long.
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- The kookaburra was back again today and sat on a branch right next to our back stairs, so I had such a good view for several minutes.
- A magpie was sitting in the same tree, singing quietly to itself with a beautiful melody - which was probably aggrieved grumbling about the kookaburra.
- I had a pleasant and productive visit to my dentist. He’s very thorough and gave me a lot of explanation and advice about a couple of things going wrong with my teeth.
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- i’m grateful we got a lot done at work today.
- i’m grateful i don’t have to work on thursday.
- self-gratitude: i’m grateful i didn’t derail on any language goals today.
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- the last few weeks of chess study have really paid off
- Byron, the new kitten, is integrating brilliantly with the other cats
- Byron!
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- I woke up a bit early this morning. I was grumpy about it at the time, but it let me get a headstart on the day.
- So many fascinating books ahead of me to read.
- This incredibly sleepy bunny. (Not one of mine, just something found on the internet.)
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- self-gratitude: i’m grateful i made an effort to accumulate more buffer on all my goals.
- i’m grateful the work week was short.
- i’m very grateful that i can sleep in tomorrow.
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- Some interesting jobs at work today.
- One of my feet has gone a bit weird and a doctor is available for an appointment tomorrow.
- I found the charging cable for my bedside lamp. It had been lost for ages because I had left it plugged in to the very obvious power point right next to my desk, which apparently I never look at.
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- i’m grateful for a very fun and delicious dinner. (just to clarify: company: fun; food: delicious)
- i’m grateful i only have one appointment tomorrow, and it’s online! yay for no other fixed commitments!
:) - self-gratitude: i’m grateful that i’m doing a good job at keeping most of my goals green.
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- SGQ: I invited some friends out to play tennis on Sunday and met some people I never had before and had a grand time.
- I have a snowboarding trip coming up, and that I’m privileged enough to do that!
- A friend gifted me her old Mistborn books.
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- A wonderful session with my health coach. We came up with some useful ideas for improving my mental state.
- The thing with my foot has been proven to be nothing serious.
- The person who did the foot scan for the worst-case scenario also scanned for the next obvious (much less worse) possibility, which means I don’t need to pay for a second scan.
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- Christmas means mince pies, which I love
- A house that isn’t drafty in winter
- That three cats are snoozing peacefully and looking so adorable with me in the study as I write this
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