Gratitude journaling together

  1. My neighbour, who is also Welsh, had mischievous delight in revealing his Welsh flag mask when we met on a walk.
  2. Tom Hier, Steffan Hughes, Jade Davies and Mared Williams sing in Welsh during the Welsh of the West End cover of From Now On.
  3. There is a new(?) caramel flavour Aero. It’s a bit too sweet to eat much of, so it’s perfect for my daily ration of chocolate.
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  1. Feeling connected with people. I’m connecting with many people recently - in person and online - and it jus feels great. We’re social animals after all.
  2. Feeling connected with vanilla milkshake. Mmmh… yes.
  3. CheckWise got a lot of new users at once. Yay!
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  1. Salted caramel affogato
  2. Anti-wasp spray
  3. Air-conditioning :smiley:
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  1. I’ve had enough sleep lately that I’m coping with insomnia from last night without too much trauma.
  2. I’m having a haircut today for the first time in months.
  3. At work, my weekly stint on desk duty (handling all incoming jobs for our team) was easy yesterday with very few jobs.
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  1. All the lovely people who took part in my Habitica challenge for my birthday and shared what they did and how nice they found it.
  2. My hair has gone curly now it’s short, as hoped! Still requires a bit of finicky fiddling, but it’s looking good.
  3. I finished a book last night, so I get to choose what to read next now! So much to choose from. :heavy_heart_exclamation:
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  1. My hair is short! I no longer have the Old English Sheepdog effect.
  2. The temperature is perfect today: just cold enough that wearing something warm is comforting but not cold enough to make it necessary.
  3. Cottage cheese.
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  1. weekends
  2. baking
  3. almond/coconut cookies
  1. Cosmology is just mindblowing and it is amazing that we can model the universe this well. :exploding_head:
  2. Mum bought me a weighted blanket to see if that helps with my anxiety!
  3. Peter Hollens’ Skyrim theme video.
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  1. Princess, the scrub turkey, drinking from the water bowl I leave out for her. I wasn’t sure she was smart enough or brave enough to realise what this human-owned thing was for. :laughing:
  2. Nasturtium flowers are out. They’re colourful and I like the nectar.
  3. Some of the people around me are supportive and it warms me.
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  1. keyboard finally working after two weeks of all sorts of jams, repeated keystrokes, having to unplug/plug again 3-4 times per day, etc.
  2. keyboard not working fully led to ordering a keychron (old keyboard came back to life post-order) so i will have new keyboard to play with in a couple of weeks :smiley:
  3. (unrelated but still) weather is back to my optimal temperature: 20C
  1. Cold pizza.
  2. New dress, made by my wife!
  3. It’s amazing how quickly “just ten minutes” of tidying can get tidying done. Grateful for my wife agreeing to keep me company with that! Slowly getting things back into order.
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  1. Cocktail Frankfurts for dinner.
  2. Melted cheese on vegetables. Cheese makes everything taste great.
  3. My cat lying in the sun. She loves that so much, it’s a joy to watch.
  1. Postcrossing gives me an excellent reason to get off my butt even if I don’t feel like it. Gotta post these cards!
  2. I’ve crunched the numbers and I can afford my MSc without too much difficulty.
  3. We bought the bunnies their favourite chew toys and I can hear them enjoying them. :blue_heart:

I keep meaning to mention that nasturtiums are one of the bunnies’ favourite snacks! Hulk in particular. We’ve been growing them this year for that reason!

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  1. videoconferencing finally maturing as a technology
  2. reaffirming running a anti-anxiety drug
  3. endorphins (ok, i’m cheating, this is the same as 2)
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  1. I’ve realised that I can use our spare bags of cat litter (20 kg each) instead of kettlebells for the Farmer’s Carry! They have sturdy handles.
  2. It’s become cold again and our cat slept under the covers with me all night.
  3. I found a bug in a small piece of code that has 25 tests. It amuses me that even with all that we still missed a spot.
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  1. Sleeping
  2. Eating
  3. Walking

Yeah, I’m a simple person today :smiley:

  1. The misprinted shirt I got a replacement for works just fine as a hair towel!
  2. Walking really helps when I feel anxious.
  3. I’m throwing technology at a problem and getting a smart water bottle which will glow at me to make me drink regularly through the day.
  1. I slept in today and yesterday and feel more rested than usual.
  1. Guayusa is a pretty cool alternative to coffee that has caffeine but doesn’t make you nervous.
  2. The smell of books.
  3. Hena tattoes
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  1. My dad brought carrot greens for Hulk to eat.
  2. A ton of my postcards arrived at their destinations all at once, so I had a little postcard-writing session today!
  3. I get extra free stickers and stuff from a generous Etsy seller. :slight_smile: