Happy habits: The daily gratitude & kindness challenge

[Guybrush]

Today's Kindness
My colleague was hosting a seminar today and I helped him out a bit with the mics.

Today's Gratitudes
1) I enjoyed today's seminar with the Christmas lunch being the highlight of the day 🙂

2) I enjoyed going for a jog in the forest.

3) Our friend wanted to watch a movie with us, so we did that on facetime 🙂 very nice!

[Guybrush]

Today's Kindness
Gave a hug to a temp working in my department today. She has her last work day on Dec 27th. She has applied for more work, but was denied.. Understandably, she was very sad about it.

Today's Gratitudes
1) I had a nice push-ups workout, just taking it easy. Also some dead hangs, which suck, but kinda fun 😄

2) Had lots of fun fighting the kids just before bedtime today 🙂

3) I made hamburgers for dinner today 😲 delicious!

[Guybrush]

Forgot to do this yesterday, so here it is.

Yesterday's Kindness
I helped my temp colleague by sending her open application to the bosses of my part of the organization

Yesterday's Gratitudes
1) My wife was willing to go out on her own and buy some presents for our family. A mutualistic arrangement that I very much appreciated.

2) I'm grateful for the time me and my wife got to spend together later in the evening.

3) A colleague brought some really good cookies to work and lots of them, fortunately, because I couldn't stop eating them.

[Guybrush]

Today's Kindness
I made sure to check first thing today on a colleague who told me yesterday she needed something urgent. Turns out it wasn't so urgent after all, but she appreciated the gesture.

Today's gratitudes
1) My wife made a delicious rice Bowl with asian style marinated ribs which was so good

2) I enjoyed watching the Warcraft movie with my kids today. We didn't finish it, so will continue tomorrow.

3) I had another daytime nap 😄

[Guybrush]

Today's Kindness
We were at a Christmas market and so bought some things for my sister as well that we dropped off 🙂

Today's gratitudes
1) I enjoyed the Christmas market today 🙂

2) I made a wonderful breakfast with superb coffee and scrambled eggs.

3) I set a new personal best for time spent cycling 1000 kcals at the gym today. It's too wet and cold for jogging, so biking it is.

[Guybrush]

Today's Kindness
I did my weekly hug with my colleague today 🙂

Today's gratitudes
1) I ate lunch with a couple of female colleagues and fellow biologists work in the environmental (?) department. Nice! I like them 😊 we talked about all the strange foods we like.

2) My wife made us spaghetti dinner. I ate everything that the kids didn't eat 😅 my wife was going to a dinner party so didn't have any, so I are way too much.. hard not to with spaghetti Bolognese 😬

3) I enjoyed late night time with wifey when she got back from her dinner party 🙂

4) I put up the donations thread today and I see it's gotten a fair share of responses already! I'm very grateful for that 😊

[Guybrush]

Today's kindness
I read in the news that one of the booths in the town square that's part of the town Christmas market got broken into. Things got stolen and trashed. The owners were interviewed by the local newspaper and it was the first time they ever had a booth like that. They lost something like 4000 USD worth of goods. So, I went down there and had a little chat with them and bought lotsa cookies.

Today's gratitudes
1) We went to my daughter's school Christmas thing where she sang in a choir. It was wonderful 🙂

2) We had a digital meeting in our band to plan our upcoming concert on Dec 25th. It was nice seeing the guys again 🙂

3) I ate lotsa Christmas cookies today 👌

[Guybrush]

Today's kindness
I've been home all day with my sick kid, so actually haven't done anything very nice besides help out some colleagues.

Today's gratitudes
1) I put some work into cleaning and tidying the house, which I, in hindsight, appreciate having done 🙂

2) My boy, despite having been sick, is such a great little guy. His mood has been impeccable all day.

3) Two of my old mates came by and we played the Hero Quest boardgame for hours 😊

[Guybrush]

Today's kindness
Another day at home with little opportunity for special sorts of kindness. I made hot cocoa for everyone, though.

Today's gratitudes
1) I appreciated having a restful day off. I napped twice.

2) I went for a jog, so appreciated that.

3) We had sushi for dinner. Yay!

[innerspaceboy]

Today's kindness
A neighbor friend is helping with a home repair, and while I have no income with which to compensate him, he appreciates a full belly so I'm treating him to his favorite hot spicy chicken finger sub. He gratefully accepts.

Today's gratitudes
1) After the amazing stroke of good fortune last night I mentioned in the Last Movie thread last night, I had brunch with my new artist CEO friend again and she invited me to a gallery opening of her students' work and a wine soirée closer to the holiday. I'll get to meet all her fellow artists and am sure I'll have a blast.

2) I received a call today from my caseworker for my Disability claim. She is coordinating the provision of the results from my autism evaluation which should be complete by mid-February to the government for my claim. She says she can ask them to hold off on their verdict until they receive that new diagnosis, but that there are no guarantees that they will. Hopefully things go in my favor and I can get on with my life at last early in the new year.

[Guybrush]

Today's Kindness
I did a few nice things today. Most prominent may have been driving a couple of my colleagues home after today's Christmas party. They both lived some way putta time, so took about an hour.

Today's Gratitudes
1) I enjoyed going to the wastewater department's Christmas party. What I enjoyed most was talking to a colleague who comes from the same town as me. We talked about things we both remember.

2) I got a lot of good hugs today from colleagues.

3) Walking through the town tonight, it looked beautiful with all the Christmas lights and decoration. I love this about Christmas.

[Guybrush]

Today's Kindness
Hmm.. Not sure. We bought things at a local Christmas market, so supporting local produce etc. But that's mutualistic and not an act of selflessness. I did collect the plates for some people at this place we were eating. There were a lot of people and they were kinda caught behind their table, so I helped them out.

Today's Gratitudes
1) Had a lovely breakfast today 👌 my wife bakes such a wonderful rye bread

2) I am thankful for the stuff we bought today. Most of all, I look forward to the gløgg (a bit like spiced wine) and sweet apple ciders that we bought.

3) I enjoyed watching The Pope's Exorcist with my wife. Silly, but fun!

[Guybrush]

Today's kindness
No standour moments of kindness today, I think, but I was generally good to a few of my crossfit friends. One has been disgruntled with his employer and we talked about it for quite a while.

I've also been very patient and fun dad with my kids today. They're so funny.

Today's Gratitudes
1) I enjoyed today's Crossfit workout

2) I don't have any back pain ❤️🙂

3) We decorated our Christmas tree today. I really enjoyed it.

4) I had a lot of fun playfighting with my sadistic kids who completely for the better if me. Mom had to save dad.

5) I enjoyed watching TV with my wife. We saw some Great British Bake-off, What We Do in the Shadows and most of that inbreeding documentary that @jimmy jazz posted 👌

[Guybrush]

Today's kindness
Today's, I gave my one of my colleagues the weekly hug. Or we gave each other, rather. Then I left work a little early so I could go down to the fish market and buy some well fermented trout. We've been looking for it in the regular stores, but difor some reason it's gone. But I found some at the fish market, yayy.

Today's gratitudes
1) My kids are so funny. I just laugh so much around them. They brighten my day.

2) I made dinner today! Meatballs and mashed taters. Nothing advanced, but it was yummy. I like making food.

3) I enjoyed some time spent with my wife watching telly and doing some other things too.

[innerspaceboy]

Today's Kindness

I went to a job interview and held the doors for a gentleman carrying a large, heavy package into the office. He in turn directed me to the writing team in the back whom I was supposed to meet with.

Today's Gratitudes

I arrived at 9:05. The CEO wasn't in for a doctor appointment so I instead interviewed with my team of four co-writers. I went in early and stayed with them until 9:50 despite it only supposing to be a 30-minute interview.

The position is for a researcher/writer to compose and publish technical blog and website content about dental technology and procedures.

They LOVED ME TO DEATH!

They said that I was the only one of 3 people who bothered to compose a cover letter... and it's a writing job. They ate my letter up.

Everything I shared they replied enthusiastically, I LOVE IT!"

They love that I want to carry the torch for dental work in my family for the next generation. (My mother was a dental assistant for nearly 25 years.)

They loved my passion for research and writing.

They asked me how I would hook a reader. I, off the cuff, described Moondog. They replied astonished, "now I want to read all about him!"

When I asked if in 5 years could I elevate to a supervisory role they said THAT'S EXACTLY what they wanted to hear because they're growing rapidly.

When I closed saying I'm looking for a place where I can not just succeed but thrive for the next 20-25 years they were nearly in tears with excitement.

They said now they don't want to interview any of the other candidates this week.

They hope to call with a decision before the holidays.

Wish me luck!