Gratitude journaling together

Life
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  1. Slept in. Needed that.
  2. Lisa went out to get an external CD drive yesterday so that we could play/rip a limited edition, CD-only release.
  3. It’s my day off.
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  1. Woke up naturally before the alarm.
  2. Set up a new weekly schedule that might be a little less stressful.
  3. All the things my second screen makes easier.
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  1. Got to walk in a beautiful garden with plants from places around the world with Mediterranean-type climate
  2. Saw a bunch of occasionally-beautiful dances, for free
  3. Got to show my daughter a literally wonderful curio shop
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  1. Lots of rain lately.
  2. The nearby river is flowing strongly.
  3. Watching our cat eat some fresh fish that we gave her to celebrate Global Cat Day.
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  1. Looks like I’m quite far ahead on classwork.
  2. Used a Focusmate session to get my office reaaally thoroughly hoovered.
  3. Biscuit wanted to cuddle a lot this morning.
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  1. Got a few minutes to play Animal Crossing uninterrupted.
  2. Got the kids’ Halloween costumes squared away.
  3. ACtually have a few ideas about what to get my husband for Christmas.
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  1. Rethankful for having a car that facilitates outings I likely wouldn’t
    do otherwise
  2. My limequat tree has fended off the ants this year
  3. My daughter was able to go back to school even though she hasn’t fully
    gotten over her cold
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  1. I was feeling tired and a bit dizzy so Jeremy made me lots of food.
  2. I had put some lollies at the bottom of the vegetable drawer so they wouldn’t be in easy reach, and then forgot about them. They were a surprise reward for me today when I got myself a plate of vegetables.
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  1. My little electric heater. The gas is way too expensive to bother heating the whole house, but with my poor circulation I do need a quick way to warm up, and this fan heater works just fine. (It’ll be a false economy once it gets a bit colder, but for now it helps.)
  2. Listening to more music. I often worked without music on lately, but I think music really helps me stay focused without being stressed!
  3. I get to write a blog post about a book today for Postcrossing! I always enjoy putting these together.
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  1. Catching up with some work-friends after work.
  2. A conveniently-timed bus to get home.
  3. Spiced biscuits.
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  1. My dad has completely taken to heart the fact that me and Lisa sometimes feel isolated/lonely, and we’ve been invited for dinner with my family again. :blue_heart:
  2. Someone who used to be a fan of my fanfiction when I was a teenager has found me again and likes some of my newer writing. :joy: I dread to think how my skills were back then, but it’s pretty amazing to be so fondly remembered.
  3. Music! Still! I forgot how much I like to sing along to Natalie Merchant’s Ophelia album.
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  1. Got through my daughter’s IEP meeting. She’s made a lot of good progress and we have plans in place to support her in areas where she’s struggling.
  2. Making progress on the upstairs bathroom project.
  3. My brother-in-law left a tub of tzatziki here and said to go ahead and eat it before it goes bad. Yum.
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  1. Very grateful for @alys and @shanaqui, whose consistent use since I’ve
    joined this thread has kept this thread popping up in my inbox and
    reminding me to notice things I can be grateful for
  2. Grateful for the birds who come and eat the insects from the trees
    around here
  3. Grateful that we have liquid amber trees on our street, as I enjoy how
    their foliage gradually turns from green to yellow to red in the fall
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  1. Unexpected appreciation. :slight_smile: Thank you @derecognize !
  2. My favourite boy lizard (now an adult!) was in the garden today.
  3. I had some tedious but necessary work that I thought would stretch out till tomorrow but it turned out to be small enough to finish today.
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  1. My reMarkable 2 has arrived!
  2. Chatting with an older friend who has known me since I was about 15. It is nice that there are still people around me – other than Lisa, who married me – who knew me then when I was a dramatic teenager. The patience I must have required of them sometimes…!
  3. I can see bright blue sky outside my window.
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This cat:

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  1. I have Lindsay Ellis’s latest book, Truth of the Divine.
  2. The computer-generated art for this music video.
  3. My cat jumped in front of my webcam during a meeting today but nobody minded.
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  1. It’s Friday.
  2. Leftover pizza, nom nom nom.
  3. My reMarkable is proving great for reading the papers and book chapters from my course reading list.
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  1. Will have Sunday dinner with my parents tomorrow (technically later today).
  2. Christmas plans, mwahaha.
  3. Writing out to-do lists. I don’t normally do that much anymore because it feels like a waste of paper, but now I have an e-ink tablet, why not?
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  1. Sitting with a friend, quietly reading together.
  2. This tweet: "Whenever I get discouraged and want to quit something, I remember the words of my then 3 year-old after she puked carrots all over the living room floor: “I’m gonna need more carrots.” It’s funny, but also encouraging.
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