Category: Gratitude

June 11, 2019: ‘Sunshine, sunshine, it’s fine’
• Tuesday’s weather. At the start of my run this evening it was sunny, 77º with only 29% humidity.

• Post-run cheers and beers with my fellow runners.

• A very productive work day.

• Sticking to my daily budget – at least for today.

• That $25 Skyline Chili gift card I forgot I had and then found. It allowed me have a 3-Way for dinner AND stick to my budget.

• Facebook for reminding a former co-worker’s birthday is tomorrow. The reminder brought back a lot of great memories.

• This entire Twitter thread.
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June 11, 2019

Gratitude

Against the Wind, birthdays, daily gratitude, Facebook, Skyline Chili, summer
June 10, 2019: Return of the Grat(itude)
1. To not only run my fiancée across the finish line of her first ultra marathon, but also cheer as she claimed second place female finisher for the 50K distance – all as she pumped her right fist clinching a dill pickle wrapped in a slice of deli turkey victoriously into the air.
2. A friend and former co-worker thoughtful enough to give me a boatload of Legos for my nephew and I to play right before my friend moves far away for a job in a new city. (James, you’re the best!)
3. That three-and-a-half-hour car ride filled with deep conversations on topics ranging from online gaming to politics and religion without any animosity.
4. For checking out two new craft brewery locations during the same trip (The Fathead’s Brewery brewpub in Canton, Ohio and The Thirsty Dog Brewing Co. TapHouse in nearby Akron).
5. For finding Chasing Sunsets, my official local craft beer for the summer of 2019 before summer has even officially begun.
6. Having an incredible run of listening to and sharing the stories of some pretty amazing people at work. The latest was a much-beloved master chef in Cincinnati reflecting on life a year after his sarcoma diagnosis and treatment.
7. For another moment while working: Within two minutes of getting out of a work van, a woman from a church destroyed by a tornado in Dayton, Ohio offering me a bottle of water followed by another woman making the same offer seconds later. Humbled. People can be truly inspiring and kind.
8. To celebrate my niece turning three!
9. For finding some great new music to listen to this summer.
10. I’ve stated it before and will do so again and again and again – remembering most things in life are more about process, progression and effort than “end results.” Glad I’m once again attempting to write daily gratitude lists after a significant gap between this one and the last.
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June 10, 2019

Gratitude, Life

Akron, Breweries, Canton, chasing sunsets, Dayton, Eagle Up 24 Hour Ultra, Fiance, fifty west, Jean-Robert Cavel, legos, Ohio, Thirsty Dog, tornado
May 20, 2019: Gratitude in Action
1. Using my ADHD superpower of hyperfocus for good – namely obsessing over a creative problem until I came up with a creative solution for a work project 💪🏻
2. Texting stay-in dinner prepping and plans with my fiancée 🍽
3. Remembering that I’m at my best when focused more on process instead of end product (be that a personal goal, work project or target marathon)
4. Informal group runs begin Tuesday evening 🏃🏼
5. A running friend group-texting pictures of his newborn grandson and his other months-old grandson 👼🏼
6. Receiving multiple updates from my mother and sister about my almost-three-year-old niece using the potty. I loved the pride they exuded about as much as my niece’s developmental milestone 😍
7. The number of old friends who I have not spoken with in a long time whom have contacted me lately
8. Daydreaming about summer activities
9. The return of spring temps, if only for a couple of days
10. Coming home late after a long day of work and still finding the desire to write this list
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May 20, 2019

Gratitude, Life

ADHD, Against the Wind, daily gratitude, Family, fiancée, friends, goals, Grateful, Gratitude, Gratitude list, hyperfocus, niece, old friends, summer, weather, WooBox, Work
May 15, 2019: Gratitude Just Below the Surface
1. Letting a friend pick the post-work run location and then accosting them for picking such a hilly route
2. Creating To Do lists
3. Constructive feedback from coworkers and friends
4. Catching-up conversations over post-run beers while sitting outside
5. Cheap sushi
6. Conversations of substance that are both terrifying and fulfilling at the same time
7. Watching my niece owning the stage, dancing and singing her heart out as no one watched. Her “stage” just happened to be framed by the open doors of the shed at my parents’ permanent campsite
8. All of the sunshine
9. Options and happenstance
10. Feeling like I’m planning and moving forward with purpose
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May 15, 2019

Gratitude, Life

Against the Wind, daily gratitude, Gratitude, Gratitude list, storytelling
May 13, 2019: Grateful for Mom
Me cooking breakfast on Mother’s Day
1. Spending time with my mom on Mother’s Day (I wouldn’t be here without her)
2. Beers at MadTree brewing and deep conversation with my fianceé
3. Unexpected invites to run from friends I have not heard from in quite some time
4. The weekly “How to ADHD” video podcast (Assertive Communication, say what?!)
5. Organizing help tools (I hate organizing)
6. Lots. Of. Sleep.
7. The view from my kitchen window as I sit and type this
8. Cool, early spring temps that I’ll miss in a couple of weeks
9. The people who inspired me to write these daily gratitude lists
10. Not necessarily not caring about certain things, but gaining perspective and in turn, identifying what’s really important while moving forward
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May 13, 2019

Gratitude

daily gratitude, Family, Grateful, Gratitude, Gratitude list
May 10, 2019: Gratitude is in the angles
Rooted Yoga
1. A new space to find my peaceful place (h/t Rooted Yoga)
2. Learning how to fly
3. Honestly, thank God it’s Friday
4. Wendy’s Son of Baconator, large order of fries and a Coke Zero
5. Anti-anxiety medication (brutal truth here)
6. Noise-canceling headphones
7. Long talks during short rides
8. Buying a ticket for an upcoming screening of “Say Anything,” followed by Q&A session with actor John Cusack (I shouldn’t have but I did anyway)
9. Looking forward to a quiet evening in and an early Saturday morning run along a scenic recreational trail
10. Getting back on track and following through with these daily gratitude lists
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May 10, 2019

Gratitude

Covington, daily gratitude, Fridays, Gratitude, Gratitude list, John Cusack, lists, positivity, Rooted Yoga, Taft Theatre, TGIF, yoga
May 9, 2019: Gratitude, a bridge over troubled waters
John A. Roebling Bridge, May 8, 2019
1. Standing in the middle of the John A. Roebling Bridge and taking pictures
2. Running a segment of the Riverfront Commons Trail for the first time
3. Finding a budgeting/financial planning tool that works for me
4. Ridiculous group-text chains
5. This quote: “We have done the impossible, and that makes us mighty”
6. Binge watching episodes of the new “Twilight Zone” hosted by Jordan Peele
7. Signing up for a Yin Yoga session at Rooted Yoga in Covington, Kentucky
8. Occasional rain showers followed by partly cloudy skies
9. Being just a little more comfortable in my own skin
10. Singing “You Can Call Me Al” along with Paul Simon in the drive to work
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May 9, 2019

Gratitude

Against the Wind, Cincinnati, Covington, daily gratitude, Grateful, Gratitude, Gratitude list, Greater Cincinnati, Ohio River, Photography, Roebling Wednesday, RoeblingWednesday
May 8, 2019: Gratitude Meets the Road
1. A quiet evening in
2. Deep conversations over porch beers
3. Shakeout runs that feel so good they turn into progression runs
4. Sunshine on skin
5. The music of John Prine
6. The smell of fresh cut grass
7. Making plans for the future – both far off and near
8. Driving to work with the car windows down
9. Being tired but content
10. Looking forward to another evening run and nothing to do afterward
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May 8, 2019

Gratitude

daily gratitude, Gratitude list, John Prine, relationships, Spring, weather
What I’m Grateful For: April 29,2019
The photo was taken at eastern-most end of Friendship Park during a mid-April run in 2019.
1. Running through Theodore M. Berry International Friendship Park after work on a lovely spring day
2. Lazy Sundays with Tirza
3. An Everything bagel with fresh avocado, lightly flavored with coarse sea salt for breakfast
4. Texting with friends early in the morning about plans for participating in the Flying Pig Marathon weekend
5. Running into a former work colleague whom I respect
6. Second, third, fourth and sometimes fifth chances
7. The one Diet Mountain Dew that I drink to kickstart my Monday work morning
8. The location of my cubicle near the giant bay windows at work
9. Sunshine coming through those windows
10. The laughter of those who sit near me
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April 29, 2019

Gratitude

Against the Wind, Grateful, Gratitude, Gratitude list, Inspiration

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