bacon
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9/21:
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1. 6 month checkup for the boy--he's healthy and developing just as he should
2. Client loved my suggestions for a project
3. These Important Years by Husker Du
4. Jameson's Irish Whiskey
5. A lobster roll is in my future this weekend
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9/20:
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1. More brisket!
2. Got plenty of sleep
3. Our baby has made it to 6 months--i.e., we have somehow managed to keep him alive and healthy for half a year!
4. Client called looking for help--big new assignment coming soon.
5. Trip to the gym--something that doesn't happen nearly as often as it used to.
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6. Discovering this podcast and blowing off work to listen to it.
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9/19--Over the past 24 hours:
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1. Amazing brisket cooked by my wife.
2. A ton of classical music for 99 cents on Amazon.
3. Baby slept for 8 hours!
4. No trees fell over during a huge overnight wind/rain storm, and no basement flooding.
5. New brakes in the car. Loads of money spent, but feels great to know the car will stop when asked.
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FWIW, I find that focusing on really specific gratitudes from the previous 24 hours is especially helpful and rewarding to think about.
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I just stumbled across your podcast and listened to episode 1. This is great! I'm a new, first-time dad with a 6-month-old boy. Love the clean joke of the week. Here's one for you:
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Q: What did the zero say to the eight?
A: Nice belt!
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I too have started doing gratitudes each day, and it was really nice to hear someone else doing them and recommending them. I find them to be very helpful in sort of reining in my brain from going too far down a negative path when something bad happens. They help get me back in the moment and see the big picture, which looks pretty good.
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Anyway, thanks for this podcast. I'm gonna go listen to at least one more before I go back to work so I can pay for self-employed health insurance for my son and me.
Gratitude Lists!
in Love, Dad
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9/24:
1) Great sushi lunch with wife and baby followed by a nice walk in perfect weather.
2) Insanely happy baby over the past 48-72 hours. Lots of smiles, laughing and general good mood (apart from when we try to put him down for a nap. Life may be too fun for naps at the moment.)
3) Great night at our place eating crappy Chinese food with friends.
4) Another trip to the gym--this may become a habit again