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February 27, 2016

I'm thankful for our new bedframe and mattress that we were able to buy late last year, which unlike the old one doesn't collapse if you lean on the wrong...

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February 26, 2016

i'm thankful for the sense of smell and normality.i'm thankful for the way i always linger between hating and loving the alarm clock in the morning. i'm...

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February 26, 2016

i'm thankful i asked a faculty member who butchered a deer that he found dead on the side of the road last week to give me some of the deer meat. i'm...

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February 25, 2016

i'm thankful that yesterday afternoon, i defused a tense exchange about a grant budget between a faculty member and the office accountant by 1) noting that...

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February 24, 2016

i'm thankful for the anonymous person who sent me this note through my google form last night:"this isn't a thank you note (soz) but i've been reading yours...

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February 23, 2016

i'm thankful that our neighbors' band was rehearsing extra loud last night. i'm thankful that when we first moved in, i thought i would find their rehearsals...

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February 22, 2016

I used to think of gratitude as a cloying manipulation, something you were told to feel about a situation in response to raising a complaint or a sentimental...

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February 22, 2016

i'm thankful for chapter 21 of this should be written in the present tense by helle helle, the book i'm currently reading, which is, in full: "One day I went...

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February 21, 2016

i'm thankful that i don't really believe in the secret, but thankful that if i did, i might see an example of its power in the moment that happened to me on...

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February 20, 2016

i’m thankful for the coffee cart in the hallway right outside my office which saves me from having to drink the overbrewed folgers that my coworkers take...

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February 19, 2016

i'm thankful to provide an update on the one hundred branded cooler bags that a faculty member ordered to give away to attendees at a conference, but that...

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February 18, 2016

i'm thankful that though my endoscopy/sensor installation procedure was scheduled for noon yesterday and though the procedure only takes about 15 minutes...

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February 17, 2016

i'm thankful for breakfast cereal, always, but especially today because i can't have it because i'm not supposed to eat before my endoscopy, which is at...

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February 16, 2016

i'm thankful that the waiting room at the hospital had a fish tank. i'm thankful for the bright blue backdrop of the tank and for the two kinds of sea grass...

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February 15, 2016

i'm thankful that it snowed all day yesterday, much more than i was expecting it to (even though it never snows as much as i want it to, i'm still thankful...

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February 14, 2016

i'm thankful that i ripped our fitted sheet with my heels. i'm thankful, i guess, for this testament to the strength of my legs, that i always eventually rip...

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February 12, 2016

i'm thankful i didn't get offered the job i wanted. i'm thankful i found out via email yesterday evening after dinner. i'm thankful i am such a connoisseur...

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February 11, 2016

i'm thankful that d and i had a nice facetime call with my parents while she was cleaning the kitchen and i was making dinner last night, even if dividing my...

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February 10, 2016

i'm thankful for the bizarre dream i had last night, where d and i were visiting my parents at their small apartment in miami beach. i'm thankful that in the...

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February 9, 2016

i'm thankful for the antiquated frankenstein of a building i work in. i'm thankful that whether it will be sweltering or freezing inside our offices on any...

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February 8, 2016

i'm thankful that a busy monday isn't always a bad thing. i'm thankful that though this morning when it was snowing, the temperature was right on the edge of...

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February 7, 2016

i'm thankful that d and i took a long walk across town because she thought the bigger grocery store over there would be more likely to have the wine she...

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February 6, 2016

i'm thankful that the all of the one hundred branded plastic cooler bags that a faculty member bought to give away to attendees at a conference give off an...

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February 5, 2016

i'm thankful for the three nice times i've shared with my coworker in the past few days. i'm thankful for the first time, the other day, in which i and one...

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February 4, 2016

i'm thankful that when i sat down in the dimly lit waiting room of my gastroenterologist, the first thing i noticed on the end table beside my chair was a...

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February 3, 2016

i'm thankful when it rains heavily during the night but stops before morning. i'm thankful for the white noise of it and also for the fact that it's raining...

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February 2, 2016

i'm thankful for "the one where they take it too seriously," the latest episode of the new statesman's srsly podcast, which is a comical omnibus exploration...

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February 1, 2016

i'm thankful that though i spent too long writing my notes yesterday afternoon, i still finished in time to go running outside before dinner. i'm thankful to...

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January 31, 2016

i'm thankful that i had chipotle for the first time on friday evening. i'm thankful that d had to go to a team dinner for work, so that i had to find dinner...

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January 30, 2016

I'm thankful for how the snow piled up in one of my old windows during the blizzard, that a ferocious overnight accumulation settled like sedimentary rock...

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January 29, 2016

i am thankful for a warm and safe place to sleep. i am thankful for the support of friends, family and community. i am thankful for all the brave people...

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January 29, 2016

i'm thankful for the faculty member who brought me two cake donuts as a surprise thank you gift for my final proofread of his tenure dossier. i'm thankful...

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January 28, 2016

i'm thankful that i taught my dad to torrent movies during christmas vacation a year ago. i'm thankful that this was the best gift i've given him in years...

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January 27, 2016

i'm thankful that i immediately regretted flipping off the driver of the red trans am that blew through the intersection of the bike path rather than...

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January 26, 2016

i'm thankful that i woke up in the night and my stomach hurt, keeping me awake for a little while (i'm thankful not for a long while), which motivated me to...

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January 25, 2016

i'm thankful that i made sure to water the office plants this morning. i'm thankful that it felt important to be more intentional about this ritual, because...

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January 24, 2016

i'm thankful for the coupon we had for the grocery store promising us $10 off an order of $100 or more. i'm thankful that even if this worked exactly as the...

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January 23, 2016

I’m thankful for the neat arrangement of bookworm holes in the running head of my book, so even and geometric that they look like Fortran code in a...

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January 22, 2016

i'm thankful for the story s told me about r going off his antidepressant cold turkey and how she had thought he seemed different, but didn't know for sure...

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January 22, 2016

I am thankful that our son got pink eye yesterday, two days before our small, stupid wedding, that it developed at the clinic where we got x-rays and...

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January 21, 2016

i'm thankful for the best line on this week's kuwtk, which was when kendall asked caitlyn "do you ever use your helicopters anymore?" i'm thankful for...

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January 20, 2016

i'm thankful that it snowed again overnight. i'm thankful that it snowed enough that the local schools were cancelled—i'm thankful to remember being a kid in...

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January 19, 2016

i'm thankful that i chose not to meditate before dinner yesterday evening. i'm thankful because that meant that i was in the kitchen washing dishes and...

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January 18, 2016

i'm thankful that we finally watched the movie selma last night. i'm thankful for the times when an "important" movie also turns out to be a good movie. i'm...

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January 17, 2016

i'm thankful that in my annual performance review, my manager marked all my boxes as "exceeds expectations." i'm thankful that she was so genuine and...

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January 16, 2016

i'm thankful that i work in a windowless office. i'm thankful, even though this sometimes depresses me, because it also occasionally allows for a dramatic...

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January 16, 2016

i am thankful for the opportunity to write this note in a form which i had never really considered before because i generally find it very difficult to think...

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January 15, 2016

i’m thankful this week that even though d was late for work on one of the most stressful weeks of his year, he held me while i cried a little - for the...

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January 14, 2016

i'm thankful for the broad mass of pink cloud hanging in the sky near the sun this morning during my commute, thankful for the way it looked like it had been...

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January 13, 2016

I'm thankful for the leftover daal in my freezer, the recipe which I finally managed to perfect last week. I'm thankful for bags of baby spinach and whole...