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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...

thank you notes (k)

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...