Archive (Page 10) • thank you notes • Buttondown

December 23, 2019

i'm thankful i got a smaller case for my big phone that i don't like and that has made it more tolerable to use.i'm thankful that my kindle wasn't broken but...

December 20, 2019

i'm thankful since this was a six day week that has felt endless that it is actually finally friday. i'm thankful i don't have any meetings today and have a...

December 19, 2019

i'm thankful that during a video call yesterday one of my coworkers was having internet problems that kept making his screen freeze and just before one of...

December 18, 2019

i'm thankful that though i have an appointment that i'm nervous about this morning, i know that whatever happens, it's going to be okay. i'm thankful to have...

December 17, 2019

i'm thankful to have deleted the twitter app off my phone yet again. i'm thankful i filled my pill organizer for the week on monday before work.i'm thankful...

December 16, 2019

i'm thankful that the company christmas party was fun, even though the food was very very bad (i'm thankful for my friend who made the genius move of...

December 14, 2019

i'm thankful that yesterday morning, i was about half an hour into the workday, after having already gone to an appointment and worked out, when i noticed...

December 13, 2019

i'm thankful for all my friends in the UK and to wish them solidarity and space to grieve and the ability to feel hope on such a dark fucking day when it...

December 12, 2019

i'm thankful, having had a meeting at 7am yesterday morning, that i do not have a meeting at 7am this morning and that i do not usually have meetings at 7am....

December 9, 2019

i'm thankful that last night, i made us steaks (which i coated thickly with mayo, a choice that sounded disgusting to me but really worked well:...

December 8, 2019

i'm thankful that on friday, d and i threw the first party we've ever thrown together at home. i'm thankful that my friends came over we had a good variety...

December 4, 2019

i'm thankful, as i am every day on this year, for the song "december 4th" by jay z, even though i can't link it to you because (as i will say again) he is...

December 4, 2019

i'm thankful for reader m who just let me know that jay put all his music on spotify today!!!!!...

December 3, 2019

i'm thankful that d wrote a new subscriber-only letter about the pleasure of washing dishes and nicole byer and to recommend that if you read these notes,...

December 2, 2019

i'm thankful to be in bed under the covers or on a couch under a blanket when the house is cold. i'm thankful for coziness.i'm thankful that i did not feel...

December 1, 2019

i'm thankful for a four day weekend, which is such a transporting phenomenon, this sense of distance from work, of inner peace. i'm thankful that though i...

November 28, 2019

i'm thankful that i did not write thank you notes yesterday because i had a meeting at 7 am, which is the time i usually write thank you notes.i'm thankful...

November 26, 2019

i'm thankful i took a mental health day yesterday. i'm thankful that i have a job where i'm allowed to take a sick day, even considering i already work from...

November 24, 2019

i'm thankful for one of d's birthday presents for me, which is a hard-bound book of pictures of us and miso. i'm thankful we sat and read it together and...

November 23, 2019

i'm thankful i found the box in the attic that had various mismatched gloves in it and took a handful so that my hands wouldn't be cold on my bike ride to...

November 21, 2019

i'm thankful for this year of my life, even though it has been the longest year of my life, even though it has felt, in fact, like multiple years crammed...

November 20, 2019

i'm thankful for the video game death stranding. i'm thankful that i have not yet, in the first few hours, received a gun, such that my interaction with the...

November 20, 2019

i'm thankful to write that i woke up again at 5:30AM today feeling like i am on an endless treadmill and i am never going to get the things done that i am...

November 18, 2019

i'm thankful that it's another fucking monday, even though i do not want it to be another fucking monday, since the presence of another fucking monday means...

November 17, 2019

i'm thankful that though i burned the roof of my mouth on a way-too-hot gochujang crusted rib at dinner on friday, it is mostly better now. i'm thankful to...

November 15, 2019

i'm thankful for this season of bojack horseman, which might be my favorite so far. i'm thankful that there is a cartoon show where there is a joke involving...

November 14, 2019

i'm thankful that i woke up a little early and will have time, after i send this, to have a short run before i go to my training.i'm thankful that i work...

November 13, 2019

i'm thankful that though i got derailed at the end of the day yesterday by a stupid error involving passing an options object to a function but not realizing...

November 12, 2019

i'm thankful to counter the narrative in my subconscious mind when i woke up at 5:30 this morning that wanted to iterate over work things i am anxious about...

November 11, 2019

i'm thankful that though i'm not looking forward to it being monday, i don't feel the dread that i've often felt on recent mondays, which is small but...

November 10, 2019

i'm thankful for the quietness of weekend mornings. i'm thankful that miso basically wakes me up at the same time on the weekend that she wakes me up during...

November 9, 2019

i'm thankful that though i have felt a little sick and my arm is sore from my flu shot, i know, as a person who rarely gets flu shots, from googling it,...

November 8, 2019

i'm thankful for the local urgent care chain where d and i had our doctor appointments yesterday. i'm thankful for how fast and efficient they were and i'm...

November 7, 2019

i'm thankful that d and i are going to the doctor today and that our appointments are at the same time so neither of us should have to wait long on the...

November 6, 2019

i'm thankful that yesterday morning playing tetris on the treadmill i hit a perfect clear (i'm thankful for the perfect clear, where you clear the entire...

November 5, 2019

i'm thankful that d washed our bedding and put it back on the bed and when i got in bed last night after falling asleep on the couch it was so warm and crisp...

November 4, 2019

i'm thankful that it was relatively warm and sunny yesterday afternoon and miso and i played fetch and ran around in circles together in the backyard. i'm...

November 2, 2019

i'm thankful that though i didn't get to do much work on the thing i was planning on and excited to work on yesterday afternoon because other stuff came up,...

November 1, 2019

a party with my best friends

October 31, 2019

i'm thankful, when it is cold, for the feeling of being under a blanket, even though i know that this is an almost narcotic force that keeps me from doing...

October 30, 2019

i'm thankful for the slack bot we have at work which, ever half hour or so, finds the most recent "great" rating that someone on our team has received from a...

October 29, 2019

i'm thankful that the endlessness of my gmail archive means that i have the email where someone we went to grad school with shared a recipe for this...

October 28, 2019

i'm thankful i have been doing these more regularly lately, since i think it's helpful for me. i'm thankful that when we moved, our benefits provider...

October 27, 2019

i'm thankful for falling asleep on the couch.i'm thankful for how miso functions as an alarm clock every morning, even though sometimes on the weekend i wish...

October 26, 2019

i'm thankful that i didn't get either too cold or too sweaty on my half hour ride to the cafe for the monthly coworking day for our city, though it was a...

October 25, 2019

i'm thankful for when i'm playing tug of war with miso and i let my end go and she briefly rears back and celebrates by whipping her neck around to flurry...

October 24, 2019

i'm thankful that though yesterday wasn't as good of a day as the two previous days, there were still good things about it nonetheless.i'm thankful that the...

October 23, 2019

i'm thankful that for some reason miso was in a good mood yesterday evening and, while we sat on the couch after dinner, she nestled between us and let us...

October 22, 2019

i'm thankful to snag a few minutes before i work out and then go to work to write some thank you notes.i'm thankful, since i was lazy on the weekend and...

October 16, 2019

i'm thankful that i beat my tetris high score this morning on the treadmill i'm thankful that there will be extra episodes of my politics podcasts for my run...