Archive (Page 25) • thank you notes • Buttondown

12/9/19

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:...

12/8/19

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...

12/4/19

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...

12/4/19

December 4, 2019

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

12/3/19

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,...

11/2/19

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...

12/1/19

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...

11/28/19

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...

11/26/19

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...

11/24

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...

11/23

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...

11/21/19

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...

11/19/19

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...

11/20/19

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...

11/18/19

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...

11/17/19

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...

11/15/19

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...

11/14/19

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...

11/13/19

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...

11/12/19

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...