Happy habits: The daily gratitude & kindness challenge

[Guybrush]

I usually write these posts just before bedtime when I cam summarize the day, but today I'll do it a bit early and see if maybe there's something I'd like to add later 🙂

Today's kindness
I have a colleague, mentioned before, who's had some trouble with her life and happiness. We gave eachother a couple of good hugs today 🙂 I also offered my services to another colleague and I think it was appreciated.

Today's gratitudes
1) I'm thankful to my colleague who seemed to love the idea of going to the cinema together! I'm thinking perhaps wednesday or Thursday next week or postpone until a friend of hers can also join us.

2) I attended a meeting with my other family in the municipality. My colleague Elise will take her pregnancy leave next week and I will fill in for her. I was told they appreciated me coming back 🙂

3) My own boss told me he was very happy with the work I'm doing in a contentious area where property owners will have to connect to our coming infrastructure. My focus is on problem solving and delivering good services to the people who live there, something he noticed in a meeting today.

4) Me and my wife are going on a dinner today organised by our union 🙂 Looking forward to it!

[Guybrush]

Today's Kindness
I received more kindness than I gave today. My wife wanted to do bedtime a certain way, so I conceded. Maybe that was nice 🤔

Today's Gratitudes
1) Thankful to my wife again for her willingness to explore some kinks together 🔥

2) We had a delicious dinner, an Indian chicken / rice meal. Yum!

3) I had a playfight with the kids just before bedtime and they love it so much 🙂 I love it.

[Guybrush]

Today's Kindness
I had a talk with a friend who confessed to suffering from depression.

Today's Gratitudes
1) My wife baked buns for breakfast and they were delicious 🙂 and also made pancakes and homemade Apple jam for the kids

2) Had a great exercise session today with a buddy 🙂

3) I had a long soak in the bathtub

4) I enjoyed watching Blues Brothers with the kids while folding clothes

5) I enjoyed some us-time with my wife 🙂

[Guybrush]

Today's Kindness
I haven't been particularly kind today, but have been a fun dad to my kids. I didn't meet many other people to be honest! Will try harder tomorrow.

Today's Gratitudes
1) Grateful again for my kids goofiness 🙂 they're so much fun

2) I found out I do t have to go on this bothersome business trip on Wednesday 😅

3) I was really in a peppy, good mood today. I'm not sure why, but I felt great 🙂

4) Also my back feels better!

5) I had a bath 👌

[DJChameleon]

I've been meaning to start posting in this thread for awhile just never got around to it. Mines will cover November 11th.

Today's Kindness: I used my military ID to get a discount on weed from a local dispensary for my friend that smokes. He smokes weed to self medicate his mental issues.

Today's Gratitude:

I'm grateful that I joined the military at the age of 17 because every Veterans Day. I'm able to get free meals and more discounts than normal from specific places. I went to Dennys in the morning to get free breakfast and was gonna hit up Chili's for a free dinner but I was tired after running errands all day. I normally hit up three different Dunkin Donuts for the free donuts but I'm on my fitness journey and told myself I don't need to be eating donuts.

[Guybrush]

Yiles, forgot to do yesterday's, so will do those first.

Yesterday's Kindness
I bought a Christmas calendar for charity from some kids who came to our door.

Yesterday's Gratitudes
1) Wife was our of town and the kids were really great and so sweet 🙂 things get a little more chaotic when mom's not home, but we have a lot of fun and I really enjoyed being with my kids ❤️

2) I'm helping some of my colleagues in the environmental department out and they were so grateful 🙂 also they are biologists so we got to chit chat about biology related things

3) I finally killed the High Dragun in my replay of Enter the Gungeon 😄

[Guybrush]

Today's Kindness
Today I said goodbye to Elise who is leaving work as she's very pregnant and the baby should be coming in about three weeks time. I got her (or him / them) a little gift; a little wool hat for the newborn.

Also I bought some charity lottery tickets from our neighbour's kid who came at our door.

Today's Gratitudes
1) With Elise leaving work for a while (until May), I am grateful I got to give her a hug and tell her how a wonderful colleague she is and that I will miss her 🙂

2) I am thankful to ChatGPT for making some of my work easier. It was very helpful today.

3) My wife came home from her trip to Oslo 🙂 It's nice to have her back.

[Guybrush]

I wrote so much and then the browser crashes 🤪 Oh well

Today's Kindness
We made a bunch of green curry for my sister today so she has some quick meals ready 🙂

Today's Gratitudes
1) My sister's cancer isn't due to genetic factors, so I don't have to worry more about that in relation to my own daughter ❤️

2) I held a meeting for some people in the region today and it went well 🙂 I enjoyed it.

3) I wasn't alone; I held it with an old colleague of mine. Afterwards, he told me how much he enjoys working together, saying if he wasn't paid he'd have to do it for free. I told him how much I appreciate him as a colleague, which I really do 🙂 such a nice moment

4) I love this bed and reading in it!

[Guybrush]

Today's Kindness
Can't think of much.. I did ask an old friend who's been away on sick leave for a while how he was doing 🤔 I've received more kindness today than I gave

Today's Gratitudes
1) A handsome young man put his bag in his lap so I could sit next to him on the bus today 🙂 tiny gesture, but I really appreciated it

2) I was invited by my old colleagues from wastewater to go on a guided tour of this old coastal fort from the early 1900s that was later upgraded to a cold war facility. Most of it by far is in tunnels inside a mountain and I love a good tunnel.

3) I was also invited to dinner by the same guys 🙂 it was the annual baccalao dinner. Nice 😲

4) I enjoyed spending time with my old colleagues

5) I am also currently enjoying a cold tonic while waiting for the bus 🙂

[tristan_geoff]

I love you guys

[Trollheart]

Today's kindness
(Look, it was Thursday but since I live in a cave and only come out once a week, we'll have to go with that)
Crossing the road on the way to the shops I was amazed to see a flat black oblong object on the ground in front of me, at the central aisle as I waited for the traffic lights. After ascertaining that there were no apes around with precariously-raised bones in their hands, and ensuring it was not a miniature monolith, I picked it up to discover that it was in fact a mobile phone. As there was only one person in front of me, walking down the road on the other side, I legged it over, hailed him and it turned out to be his. He was delighted, saying he had lost his phone so many times. I suppose some people might have kept it/sold it, but had I not been able to see anyone and reunite the phone with its owner I would, like most of us I hope, have made every effort to do so later. Nice to help, and I always like to act in a way that I hope, were the situations reversed, someone would act with me.

Today's gratitudes:

(Again, spread out over days)

1. I finally managed to go into Karen's bedroom after over a year. I was afraid of how it would affect me, seeing it empty, but I've managed to get over that huge hurdle and can now go in and open the window every morning. It hurts of course, but not as bad as it did.

2. Last week I was writing when I thought I saw a face at the bedroom window. Given that my bedroom is on the first floor of my house, this seemed unlikely, but looking out I saw a lovely black-and-white cat looking in at me in that shocked, surprised way cats seem to have. Of course, as soon as I went near the window it ran off, but I like to think it was Karen looking in and checking on me.

3. Sorry to say it guys, but I kind of have to be grateful I'm not living in the USA. It ain't looking good, is it?

4. On a lighter note, a new season of Gangs of London is on the way!

[Guybrush]

Nice! Both Tristan and Trollheart 😊 Wonderful to see you both here.

Today's Kindness
We arranged a little get-together for my sister at our place 🙂 My little brother also came.

Today's Gratitudes
1) I am thankful my sister's still doing well all things considered. She was laughing and smiling a lot 🙂❤️

2) The house is tidy again, yay!

3) I made wonderful coffee today. I love good coffee.

[Guybrush]

Today's Kindness
I put both kids to bed so my wife could get a nap 🙂

Today's Gratitudes
1) Coffee today was lovely!

2) I enjoyed listening to a podcast today

3) I watched the last half of Akira with my kids 😲

4) I took a bath. Nice!

[Guybrush]

Today's Kindness
I gave my colleague her weekly hug. It was very nice 🙂

Today's Gratitudes
1) My sister has gotten a treatment scheme for her cancer and the way her doctors are talking, it does sound like they believe she'll be around for a while still 🙂

2) I had an honest heart-to-heart with my wife about something that I've tried to bring up in the past, but the weight of it never came across. This time it did. It was hard but important.. I appreciate her and us being able to talk together like we did today.

3) I enjoyed teaching my kids about black holes at bedtime 🙂

[Guybrush]

Today's Kindness
I put the kids to bed yet again as my wife had a late meeting she wanted to attend.

Today's Gratitudes
1) I got to play the piano at work today

2) In the evening, we took the kids to this school next to a forest. The drama class had made various miniature plays for the kids in the forest, many based around popular fairy tales. It was dark, but they'd lit some areas so the little stages/areas were easy to see. It was fun! Lots of people were there.

3) We had pizza for dinner 😄