- 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 💪🏻
- Texting stay-in dinner prepping and plans with my fiancée 🍽
- 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)
- Informal group runs begin Tuesday evening 🏃🏼
- A running friend group-texting pictures of his newborn grandson and his other months-old grandson 👼🏼
- 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 😍
- The number of old friends who I have not spoken with in a long time whom have contacted me lately
- Daydreaming about summer activities
- The return of spring temps, if only for a couple of days
- Coming home late after a long day of work and still finding the desire to write this list
Tag: Grateful
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Me cooking breakfast on Mother’s Day - Spending time with my mom on Mother’s Day (I wouldn’t be here without her)
- Beers at MadTree brewing and deep conversation with my fianceé
- Unexpected invites to run from friends I have not heard from in quite some time
- The weekly “How to ADHD” video podcast (Assertive Communication, say what?!)
- Organizing help tools (I hate organizing)
- Lots. Of. Sleep.
- The view from my kitchen window as I sit and type this
- Cool, early spring temps that I’ll miss in a couple of weeks
- The people who inspired me to write these daily gratitude lists
- 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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John A. Roebling Bridge, May 8, 2019 - Standing in the middle of the John A. Roebling Bridge and taking pictures
- Running a segment of the Riverfront Commons Trail for the first time
- Finding a budgeting/financial planning tool that works for me
- Ridiculous group-text chains
- This quote: “We have done the impossible, and that makes us mighty”
- Binge watching episodes of the new “Twilight Zone” hosted by Jordan Peele
- Signing up for a Yin Yoga session at Rooted Yoga in Covington, Kentucky
- Occasional rain showers followed by partly cloudy skies
- Being just a little more comfortable in my own skin
- Singing “You Can Call Me Al” along with Paul Simon in the drive to work
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The photo was taken at eastern-most end of Friendship Park during a mid-April run in 2019. - Running through Theodore M. Berry International Friendship Park after work on a lovely spring day
- Lazy Sundays with Tirza
- An Everything bagel with fresh avocado, lightly flavored with coarse sea salt for breakfast
- Texting with friends early in the morning about plans for participating in the Flying Pig Marathon weekend
- Running into a former work colleague whom I respect
- Second, third, fourth and sometimes fifth chances
- The one Diet Mountain Dew that I drink to kickstart my Monday work morning
- The location of my cubicle near the giant bay windows at work
- Sunshine coming through those windows
- The laughter of those who sit near me