Gratitude journaling together

Life
1223
  1. Drawing the curtains and seeing the neighbourhood cat stare at me.
  2. The story I made up of how this was the highlight of his day (past hour?). “Finally, something moved!”. He sits there watching my house a lot.
  3. Pets and the time we get to spend with them.
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1224
  1. There was rugby to watch today.
  2. Lots of wrapping and stuff for my wife’s advent calendar (which I’m making myself). So glad to have the means to do something as extravagant as this for them. (I saved up all year to do it.)
  3. Biscuit Bun hurt herself earlier but seems to be okay now.
1225
  1. Bacon.
  2. I was given an unexpected present of some fudge and a nice black face mask.
  3. A visitor left some white chocolate behind so it is MINE now!
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1226
  1. Got the kids appointments to get their COVID shots.
  2. My favorite ice cream was back in stock at Aldi
  3. Managed to stretch/roll out the pain in my hip muscles
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1227
  1. My relaxed week really helped my mood and productivity.
  2. Really nice breadsticks bought because my usual cheaper ones were out of stock. Like… these are actively tasty breadsticks rather than merely a hummus vehicle.
  3. Spotify’s yearly playlists. I’m listening to my 2020 playlist, marvelling at the number of these songs that I’d forgotten about. (Obviously the older ones are even more revelatory.)
1228
  1. Reading books, having Beeminder nudging me to do so and having people around me being nudged as well as a result.
  2. Emacs, org-mode and beeminder.el, which already does everything I was planning (hoping) to implement myself.
  3. Our very own @mbork, for writing a book on Emacs Lisp. Congrats! I’m sure he’ll post about this himself sometime, so I’m just mentioning it here in a corner of the forum. Grateful, since I’m just getting into Emacs Lisp again and this is probably just what I need, at the right time.
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1229
  1. Feel better this morning after not being very well last night.
  2. The Murderbot books exist.
  3. Got my chores for today done last night, while waiting for my wife to get ready for bed!
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1230

Wow, now I feel called out. :wink: Yes, I did write the book, thanks for mentioning it! (Also, I realized that I didn’t thank Beeminder in the introducton. Oops. What a shame. I’ll fix it in the next update.)

And since I’m here, let me write my 3 cents points. (There are lots more, but 3 for now – not even the most important ones – far from that!)

  1. Beeminder exists. It transformed my life, and I might even be at a point I don’t need it anymore, but I don’t intend on stopping using it.
  2. The sales of my Emacs Lisp book went absolutely insane. I was hoping to sell 100 copies long-term, and I sold about 120 yesterday. This is just ridiculous – it is roughly equivalent to 2 months’ worth of my salary in one day. (And yes, I’m aware that it’s not really “in one day” – it is a result of several years of learning and a year of writing, but still.)
  3. Last year I started watching Doctor Who, and I love the show (even if I often wildly disagree with its message…). I watch it with my daughter, so I have to translate subtitles into Polish. I managed to translate over 50 episodes over the course of almost 13 months (thanks, Beeminder – again!), and I am having a great time!
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1231
  1. Vegemite fudge.
  2. One of Jeremy’s friends is visiting and bought a nice red wine.
  3. Jeremy made DELICIOUS potatoes with fried mushrooms and bacon bits.
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1232

That’s awesome to hear!

  1. Dispatching 5 beemergencies tonight without derailing.
  2. The crisp night air.
  3. Some innocuous tidying unexpectedly led to creating some more space for books around me.
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1233
  1. A problem at work that I’ve been working on since Tuesday is now fixed, thanks to helpful suggestions from my manager.
  2. Popcorn made in the microwave with hardly any oil so it’s healthier.
  3. Honey sandwiches.
1234
  1. Zoom meeting with a TB researcher yesterday.
  2. New Hidden Books game! I love these, every year.
  3. My current daily schedule seems to get the work done, while giving my brain enough rest in between that I don’t implode. Whew.
1235
  1. Husband agreed to take our daughter to her doctor appointment since he’s of work today.
  2. This gave me time to play Animal Crossing.
  3. Husband’s computer case finally arrived, once he gets his system back together that will greatly decrease the me in the office.
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1236
  1. When I woke up this morning, a butcherbird was sitting on the windowsill at the back of the house singing a pretty song.
  2. The rainbow lorikeets in the tree in the backyard were visible today, not just audible.
  3. My favourite lizard let me feed him some mealworms.
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1237
  1. I listen to The Writer’s Voice podcast and once in a while a really good one comes along.
  2. Managing to start a very reluctant machine.
  3. Succeeding in being of help to someone.
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1238
  1. Dinner with my parents.
  2. Remembered some Tam Lin retellings I really enjoyed and could grab my copies from my parents’ house while I was there! They’ve been so nice about keeping my old books safe for me.
  3. A present I got for my sister fits, so I don’t have to order a new one. Whew!
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1239
  1. The weather this morning had my favourite kind of wind.
  2. I’ve been feeling happy for nearly all of today.
  3. A lizard kindly prevented me from having to do housework (I couldn’t bring in the dry laundry because he was sitting under the washing line and he glared at me when I tried to invade his personal space). :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
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1240
  1. Got some time off the past couple of evenings and played board games with my husband and brother-in-law.
  2. Pre-approval at our new health insurance company went through for my daughter’s medicine and it looks like the copay will be affordable.
  3. We have a good source of firewood lined up for this winter.
1241
  1. Wales beat Fiji yesterday.
  2. I’m pretty much keeping track of a physiotherapy regimen using Beeminder now, ahaha. Neck exercises, leg exercises, and now grip strength training because I’ve apparently lost most of the muscle in my hands… but at least I have Beeminder to help me.
  3. My wife’s second ADHD assessment has finally been booked.
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1242
  1. Some dizziness that I was getting fairly often hasn’t happened for a few weeks now.
  2. Brioche buns.
  3. Some work that I thought would be complex and time-consuming turned out to be very simple.
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