12/31: I am grateful for a good night’s sleep, doing this GGratitude Log consistently for the entire year, an amazing meal with my cousin, having the perfect view of the NYE fireworks and not having to deal with cold/rain, crowds or wearing heels, and ringing in the New Year with my boyfriend.
12/30: I appreciate the time to run my energy, work on my blog post, update my Bucket List and GGratitude Log in the morning, tacos lunch with my cousin’s family from L.A. before they drove back home and spending the rest of the day with my cousin from Seattle shopping, where I got a good deal on Cole Haan boots and bath “milkshakes” from Nectar, and gambling.
12/29: I am thankful for the time with my cousins shopping and eating, finally trying a local banana pudding spot, talking to my best friend to lift her up, my boyfriend’s patience and stamina to drive in traffic, delicious korean food and relaxing at the end of the day before going to bed.
12/28: I am grateful for the ability to go to the Four Seasons for a pedicure and enjoying a long eucalyptus steam before my appointment, for my cousin from L.A. bringing me Panamanian tamales, which I’ve never had before, plus my favorite filipino dessert cassava cake and a cool Christmas gift of a tabletop lighted tree, having two of my cousins coming into town today so that I can hang out with them the next couple of days.
12/27: I appreciate my boyfriend mopping the bedroom floor, Sahara allowing me to go to the VIP check-in line since the app for mobile check-in was not working for me and giving me a free upgrade to a junior suite which is very spacious and late night eats at Noodle Den for hand pulled noodles with beef brisket.
12/26: I am thankful I was able to run 3 miles, for robot vacuums that can clean the floors while I focus my attention on something else and that we were already home because the original flight ended up being cancelled.
12/25: I am grateful for free avocado toast and bacon, egg and cheese sandwich with tots for Christmas breakfast at the hotel before heading home, being able to take a long nap, watching Avatar movie in comfy recliner seats which was really good and leisurely writing a blog post about the travel issues encountered on Friday that allowed us to rest and relax for the holidays.
12/24: I appreciate 20% off a Dungeness crab and crawfish boil dinner for a local restaurant’s soft opening and being able to find a good rate to stay at the Conrad hotel as a last minute, forced staycation since mother nature didn’t allow us to proceed with our original plans.
12/23: I am thankful for a safe trip up to the Bay Area with very minimal traffic compared to the other direction heading to L.A., getting to see my parents and Gino, the dog, eating a delicious Bay Area carne asada and shrimp burrito and ending up sleeping in my own bed after dealing with multiple flight cancellations that diverted us back home instead of L.A. as originally planned.
12/22: I am grateful that the last day of work was not busy like the rest of this week has been, my boyfriend dropping off a package and mail for me and getting my car washed.
12/21: I appreciate my boyfriend getting off work early so that we could eat dinner together and get to bed at a reasonable hour.
12/20: I am thankful for my boyfriend meal prepping so it is easy to grab food and microwave it during a busy day at work, where I was able to get one big task done that would have been a big problem if not completed by Thursday.
12/19: I am grateful for my instant pot which allowed me to make kare kare (filipino oxtail stew in peanut sauce) for lunch that turned out well, my boyfriend cooking chicken with asparagus with cream of mushroom sauce for dinner and getting a majority of all my Christmas cards, all handcrafted, with personalized ornaments done before going to bed.
12/18: I appreciate being able to spend the entire day working on blog posts and publishing 5 which is getting close to catching up and having my bf cook and do some research for me on future blog posts.
12/17: I am thankful for being able to sleep an additional 3 hours when I went back to bed after getting up in the morning for an hour and eating most of the leftovers in the fridge, cooking up lots of veggies for dinner.
12/16: I am grateful it is the end of the work week and that certain urgent things were processed faster than I expected.
12/15: I appreciate being able to get wor wonton soup for dinner and being pleasantly surprised by the clams with ginger and scallion dish and taking down time before bed to catch up on some reading.
12/14: I am thankful for my pledge sister sending me a video of her Christmas tree that had the ornaments I’ve sent her over the years, letting me know how she treasures them so much.
12/13: I am grateful to live another day, because it should have been my brother’s 43rd bday and he didn’t live to see it.
12/12: I appreciate a shorter flight that brought us back home safely, having a delicious dinner and getting to bed early to give my exhausted body some much needed rest and a couple extra hours of sleep before getting back to work.
12/11: I am thankful to be able to run 10K with my boyfriend where he then continued his run to complete his first ever marathon and finishing it without any injuries, enjoying the best oxtail soup and tonkatsu as our last meals in Hawaii and buying my first Gucci bag cheaper than if I got it on the mainland.
12/10: I am grateful for an indulgent breakfast with my cousin, her driving us around the island and taking us to the Poi Factory to try dessert poi which tasted way better than regular poi.
12/9: I appreciate waking up late, almost free breakfast loco moco at my hotel due to food credit, snoozing in bed after breakfast as the wind howls outside, taking time to run energy
12/8: I am thankful for getting to the airport early to enjoy a free breakfast at the airport lounge, a safe flight where I was able to read a book on my bucket list, a cucumber ume (plum) musubi for my first Hawaiian eats, leisurely walking around Waikiki, Uni from Hokkaido (so buttery!) and poke for dinner, meeting up with friends and sleeping early!
12/7: I am grateful for the short work week and getting almost all my work done before leaving for a quick vacation, dropping off all my returns at UPS, FedEx and USPS, getting packing done, my boyfriend getting off work early so we could get to bed and get a few hours of sleep before waking up early to head to the airport.
12/6: I appreciate having a tapsilog breakfast for lunch, only having a couple meetings for work today so that I can get caught up on emails and tasks that have been on the backburner,
12/5: I am thankful to finish my laptop refresh process at work with minimal downtime and issues, getting all my black friday shopping returns initiated, receiving a beautiful dress from a friend, continuing my astrology blog post series, doing laundry, my bf for picking up some seafood noodle soup for dinner and spending a couple hours cleaning and tidying the apartment up.
12/4: I am grateful for leftovers to make delicious breakfast tacos, being able to spend most of the day writing and publishing 2 blog posts to get me caught up with 1 a day for the month of December and getting some laundry done.
12/3: I appreciate spending the first hour of my day on my morning ritual and checking email, ham and egg breakfast, doing some writing, my body finally running over a 10K distance and enjoying Indonesian oxtail soup (Sup Buntot) and doing more writing to end the day.
12/2: I am thankful for the end of the workweek and finally making progress on my laptop refresh.
12/1: I am grateful to finally get my adobo recipe blog post drafted up and taking the needed pictures since I’ve had it in draft mode for over a year and just in time to share it with a new friend who wants to make it soon.
11/30: I appreciate getting an appointment at my chiropractor before they close their business for good this week and that my regular therapist was out sick so that I could try another one whose technique was effective.
11/29: I am thankful to have my friend visit me so we could enjoy long-overdue time together to eat, shop, have fun, and talk, getting through an even worse workday than yesterday and my boyfriend attempting to make adobo without me.
11/28: I am grateful for making it through a tough workday, not getting into an accident with another driver who purposefully braked to an immediate stop and not getting into anything beyond a yelling match after he stopped his car in the middle of the road to get out and scream and curse, causing me to flip my lid, get out of the car myself to storm up to him and yell at him back before my friend dragged me back into the car so we could continue going to our hiking trail where we enjoyed a 3 mile hike right at sunset, then eating Korean fried chicken for dinner and having a nice chat with my friend before bed.
11/27: I appreciate being able to run just over 6 miles, having a healthy Mediterranean dinner and brew tea bar for dessert, getting 50% off the Ka Cirque du Soleil tickets and really enjoying the show since I had low expectations.
11/26: I am thankful for some quiet time in the morning to meditate, taco lunch and good conversation with my bf and friend, time to do a little write and gratitude, and learn how to layer background music in my podcast episode.
11/25: I am grateful to go Black Friday shopping online and at the outlets, getting deals for things that I wanted and delicious Thanksgiving leftovers.
11/24: I appreciate getting to bed early, poutine midnight snack and being able to celebrate Thanksgiving with a very dear friend whom I haven’t seen in almost 2 years.
11/23: I am thankful for sleeping well even if not enough, to breathe for 5 minutes and run energy before work, getting good feedback on my updated running energy for beginners podcast episode, to get a lot of work done on an unusually busy workday considering it was the day before a holiday and getting some writing done afterwards.
11/22: I am grateful to get a free upgrade to a 1 bedroom suite, living in luxury and taking a bubble bath.
11/21: I appreciate taking 30 minutes before starting work to breathe to manifest more time, run my energy to clear my chakras and do a morning meditation to mentally prepare for my day and connect with my higher powers to help me accomplish everything I wanted to do today, with a sense of having enough time to do everything I wanted, including going to Costco and the post office for errands, doing loads of laundry, cleaning, getting my blog post published and scheduling my chiro appt for the month.
11/20: I am thankful for an energy healing call to start the day, especially since I didn’t do any spiritual work in the past week during my volunteer vacation, spam and egg breakfast, my body going to the gym for a light upper body workout and walking over a mile at a high school track and bleacher stairs.
11/19: I am grateful for a good night sleep, even though it was short since had to get up to drive my friend to the airport, spam and egg breakfast, going back to bed and sleeping 3-4 more hours, and doing a 6 mile run in the afternoon, eating leftover oxtail soup and getting to bed early.
11/18: I appreciate a safe drive back home to Vegas from Utah from my volunteer vacation trip.
11/17: I am thankful to have dreamt about my brother even if the dream was about me asking him how he got to be so popular, which didn’t really make any sense, spending the night with Fig in my bed who cuddled with me then having a dream that caused him to howl loud and long abruptly waking us up, getting a workout at the adoption hub trying to walk strong dogs who were crazy, pullers and biters, vegan meatballs for lunch and 3 different desserts, ending with parrot garden where I got to shower birds after cleaning a lot of poop, and a relaxing evening.
11/16: I am grateful to be of service to BFAS Cat World HQ today because they only had one employee working the building and I was able to clean 6 cat rooms/catios and the big conference room of all the kittens, where I just couldn’t get enough cuddles from one male named Flannel, another amazing vegan lunch and great hike with Fig, the dog who slept over on the 14th, from Angel Village Cafe to Angel’s Overlook, then taking him for a 1.5 mile walk to see the horses, pigs goats and deer around the cottages, getting a 1 mile run in before dinner and now doing some gratitude writing as Fig sleeps on the couch right beside me.
11/15: I appreciate getting a chance to go to a different part of Dogtown for a morning shift where Crystal and I got to do several dog walks together and alone before having an amazing vegan lunch, then taking a BIG dog named Calias on a hike to the hidden lake, Crystal’s amazing chicken fajitas for dinner and starting a new book on my bucket list before bed.
11/14: I am thankful for safe travels to Utah, an opportunity to walk a cat without a stroller or harness/leash – a first time for me (though the cat really walked me since I followed it wherever he wanted to go), 3 other cat stroller walks and Fig, our adorable chillax pup who is sleeping over in our cottage tonight.
11/13: I am grateful to release my grief of my brother’s 7th year death anniversary through writing a blog post, prime rib for dinner, a much needed massage from my boyfriend and meeting a friend for the first time whom I’ve known virtually for at least a couple years now.
11/12: I appreciate getting a blog post written and published in the morning, running errands and getting prepped for my upcoming volunteer vacation trip.
11/11: I am thankful for all the veterans that fought for my freedom and the day off work so that I could spend the day doing something I love, writing and publishing a few blog posts.
11/10: I am grateful for the short work week and still getting all the work I wanted to get done completed by the time I logged off because I will be off through the end of the next week, my boyfriend going out to run errands and bringing home dinner because I was not feeling that well.
11/9: I appreciate being able to start my morning taking 5 minutes to breathe, having leftover sizzling rice soup for a warm comforting breakfast
11/8: I am thankful to have a leisurely morning getting up, checking out of the hotel and finally finding a decent bowl of bun bo hue in vegas for lunch before getting back to work for a very short week since Friday is a holiday, and my boyfriend dropping off my ballot for me, getting 2 loads of laundry done, unpacking from the staycation and starting to slowly pack for next week’s trip.
11/7: I am grateful for my company giving me a free day off to celebrate my birthday, which I spent getting a Bouchon bakery breakfast croissant sandwich, a couple hours at Canyon Ranch spa getting a pedicure (first time not going to a local Asian nail shop and there definitely is a difference in quality of service and of course price), sushi burrito lunch, NY pizza dinner, watching the Mad Apple Cirque show with the cheapest seats that turned out to be front row of the stage and was actually really great seats and a bubble bath before bed!
11/6: I appreciate starting my birthday with a little writing, giving myself the gift of focused time and energy on self-love/acceptance/confidence, treating myself to a manicure, the best chocolate birthday cake ever from my boyfriend and his thoughtful gift/card, taking a nap, dinner with a great friend who gave me gifts she’s been holding onto since summer and ending the evening taking a bubble bath in one of my favorite hotels.
11/5: I am thankful for starting my day with running energy, writing 3 draft blog posts, getting San Diego Comic-Con tickets, my amazing healthy body for running 4 miles, pho lunch, a nap in the late afternoon and my boyfriend making me shrimp fried rice for dinner.
11/4: I am grateful for getting chance to walk around West Elm, pick up my resin poured charcuterie board, which I love, whiskey tasting work event and relaxing in the evening.
11/3: I appreciate my boyfriend taking me to a resin pouring class for a pre-birthday date night, which was as much fun as I thought it would be!
11/2: I am thankful for receiving auric clearing for all the chakras in my body, plus all the others above and below my body, having time to make garlic noodles for lunch and finishing my blog post before 7pm so I could publish before 8pm.
11/1: I am grateful to publish my blog post early in the day, make it through a workday packed with back to back meetings, getting my betabrand shipment in record time, being able to cook bistek and taking time to focus on me after work, getting some spiritual healing and clearing my chakras.
10/31: I appreciate being able to take a day off work so I can sleep in til 8am, lounge in bed, take a bubble bath to start my morning, eat roast duck for lunch and do some blog writing to prepare for this week’s posts.
10/30: I am thankful for a free upgrade to a staywell suite at Vdara for this month’s staycation on the strip.
10/29: I am grateful for sleeping in a little this morning, my boyfriend making me Korean pancakes for breakfast, my first time having them, my body getting me through a 2.5 mile run and some good Chinese takeout.
10/28: I appreciate beginning my workday a little early so I can log off and start my 3 day weekend sooner and giving myself a break in the evening.
10/27: I am thankful to start my day running energy, my boyfriend cooking an amazing steak dinner with salad and sautéed shishito peppers with mushrooms, getting a chance to talk to my best friend and getting another subscriber to my blog.
10/26: I am grateful for the opportunity to have some fun at work by dressing up for Halloween on my team meeting today by doing some fun “undead” makeup and taking time to search within myself for some deeper introspection and blogging about it and getting yet another subscriber to my blog!
10/25: I appreciate connecting with and catching up on several different things with my sister, my old boss, two of my cousins, and a good friend today, learning about myself through my numerology life path post and taking some time to think about what I want to focus on during this new moon.
10/24: I am thankful to spend some time reading and getting a draft blog post that has been in draft for awhile, edited in a way that tried to take my constructive feedback into consideration, finally published.
10/23: I am grateful that I was able to sleep in til almost 10am since the return flight from LA was delayed several hours due to the wind, getting home and to bed late, my boyfriend making me a delicious scrambled egg breakfast, taking another quick nap in the afternoon and going to watch a movie in the theater, one that I really enjoyed, for the first time since before covid with popcorn, nachos and a drink.
10/22: I appreciate being able to publish a blog post/podcast episode before travelling out of state on an early flight, see my bf’s family and friends, eat some great Korean food and sleep in my own bed the same night!
10/21: I am thankful to have a birthday celebration dinner for Patrick with my cousin Nancy and my bf at Bouchon, getting some great constructive feedback on my Running Energy meditations so I can try to improve them, and writing/publishing a new blog post since I wasn’t ready to finish any of my many recent drafts yet.
10/20: I am grateful for the Halloween community event at my apartment with food (tacos, nachos, popcorn, cupcakes) and drinks (sangria, beer, jello shots) with Hocus Pocus playing on the big screen by the pool and a costume contest where I won 3rd place which results in winning a credit towards next month’s rent!
10/19: I appreciate all the Feng Shui resources and knowledgeable resources I have access to, which helped me to come to a quick decision avoiding a potentially bad energetic situation and spending time after work to write a long WOTW blog post that once again brought me enlightenment
10/18: I am thankful for my feng shui knowledge and ability to apply it to a real life scenario, and the mistakes I made so that I can further learn and add to my experience so that I will be better moving forward.
10/17: I am grateful for being able to spend a couple hours on spiritual practices and also writing several draft blog posts.
10/16: I appreciate being able to sleep in past 7am for the first time after a really long time, finding the last 2 husky light up hand sanitizer holders at Bath and Body Works and forcing myself to do some much needed finances, which I have been avoiding for months.
10/15: I am thankful for spending time creating a few Feng Shui draft blog posts, saving money eating at home and an unexpected evening out to watch Katy Perry’s residency, my second time and enjoyed it even more this time around!
10/14: I am grateful for getting ferrero rocher bar for the first time and an affordable prime rib dinner with my boyfriend.
10/13: I appreciate eating Trader Joe’s Orange Chicken for dinner, publishing today’s blog post, making time to update my home page and the sidebar menu to include social media, Spotify player and follow button and finalizing/scheduling the Friday post to be automatically published.
10/12: I am thankful to write my Friday blog post ahead of time, cleaning up the apartment and meditating before bed.
10/11: I am grateful that the maintenance crew is on top of repairs and gets it done quickly, being able to cook pancit, seeing 1111 numerous times today when the blog post I published was on angel number 1111, getting a couple loads of laundry done while working and being able to do the full moon ritual.
10/10: I appreciate making the time after work to finally clean my work desk and get rid of a lot of unnecessary papers that were piling up and organizing the rest that need to be actioned.
10/9: I am thankful for trying senorita bread here and seeing it is just as good as the location back home, getting the Amazon returns dropped off, seeing my boyfriend’s friends before they drove back home (glad they didn’t hit traffic and made it home in a reasonable time) and getting 3 blog posts done for the full moon.
10/8: I am grateful for being able to attend Ren Faire even a short while to get turkey leg and be entertained by totally inappropriate singing, finally sending off my work router and IP phone back to Cisco and resting up the rest of the day.
10/7: I appreciate getting a much needed Costco run out of the way and finding fresh shiitake mushrooms which is the first time I’ve ever bought them fresh vs. dried and they were beyond amazing. I know I’m going to get through the box quickly and will end up at Costco again to buy more! Also meeting my boyfriend’s friends at the strip for drinks where I was able to get a chamborita mocktail that was delicious.
10/6: I am thankful for a much needed extension at work, having 2 BetaBrand friends confirm they will join me on my volunteer vacation to Best Friend’s Animal Sanctuary in November and getting a lot of cleaning done at home.
10/5: I am grateful to learn about clairvoyance and try an exercise that brought me back to a childhood memory that I hadn’t remembered in a long time.
10/4: I appreciate my boyfriend for taking time to talk to me this morning, publishing a blog post before I started my workday, quick conversation with my sister and my colleague giving me another spiritual tool to heal past resentments.
10/3: I am thankful that I was able to talk to my best friend on her birthday, work on blog post drafts and do a couple meditations.
10/2: I am grateful for sleeping over 9 hours then listening to my body and taking another long nap after eating prime rib and eggs breakfast, relaxing and doing nothing for a short while with my boyfriend before we both got back to working on the things we needed to do for the rest of the afternoon and evening, including me getting some writing done and getting back to publishing a blog post after taking several days off.
10/1: I appreciate my body for getting me through a 5K Terrain mud race through an obstacle course safely and relatively unscathed (only one big bump/bruise on my leg from jumping a wall), one last chance to have a meal with my cousins eating tacos and taking a long nap in the afternoon to recover from the race, ending the day with some cleaning and writing.
9/30: I am thankful to take the afternoon off work to attend an energy healing call and hang out with my cousins on the strip, downtown and visit with a good friend whom I haven’t seen in a couple months and end the evening with a decadent prime rib meal with family.
9/29: I am grateful to have cousins coming into town and having dinner at AYCE sushi with them, them spoiling me by giving me some delicious home grown fruit including grapes from Delano, which I haven’t had since I was young and two boxes of Porto’s!
9/28: I appreciate getting some sleep on my super comfortable bed after not being able to sleep well the night before
9/27: I am thankful for taking the day off to relax, especially after getting really stressed out with work and being able to take a long hot relaxing bubble bath.
9/26: I am grateful to finish reading 50 pages of a contract at work and having a staycation to look forward to.
9/25: I appreciate finally going to the Lion Habitat, attending an amazing spiritual workshop where I was forced to confront something I had been avoiding, taking a nap, working on a few drafts and doing a new moon ritual.
9/24: I am thankful for cooler weather and running over 2.5 miles this morning, getting several errands done, delicious Cuban lunch where they had guava cheese pastry similar to Porto’s, a long nap and spending the rest of the night learning about retrogrades and how it is impacting me and my life.
9/23: I am grateful for the end of the workweek and getting mostly caught up on a lot of overdue tasks, getting a Feng Shui post written and published from scratch in 4 hours and looking forward to the weekend and next week since there are several personal fun things on the horizon.
9/22: I appreciate being able to attend my spiritual group class for the autumn equinox where we were given several journal prompts and taken through a visualization exercise to imagine our own funeral and eulogies given. This specific exercise has come up 2 other times in the past 2 weeks and I kept putting off actually doing it, so I finally got the message from the universe and my higher power team that this is something I need to stop avoiding and invest the time to do it fully (I will create a blog post for this in the future – maybe for my birthday?). Also for celebrating my bf’s birthday today despite both of us having a busy schedule during the day by having some special korean dishes from a local restaurant and a bottle of sake.
9/21: I am thankful for making it through the workday that had 5 meetings scheduled, finalizing a short story I started back in April and my bf helping me to record it so that I could send it to the person who inspired it to begin with.
9/20: I am grateful to get through the workday that was packed with back to back meetings most of the day, my bf cooking me eggs so I can eat during my meetings, doing a intuition meditation in the afternoon after all my meetings giving myself a “lunch break”, being able to get laundry into the washer while working since I work from home, making it to the gym after work to run one mile and working on my draft blog post about purpose, which is giving me a lot to think about!
9/19: I appreciate not having a lot of work meetings so that I can work on a PPT that took a hours to create, getting a day ahead of my blog posts and recording and scheduling my post for the next day so that I will have time to continue writing the Wednesday WOTW post, which I know will likely be a long one, my bf for cooking salmon with veggies for me and bring home papaya salad, reading a few pages of a book and beginning to learn about the seed of life crystal grid.
9/18: I am thankful for sleeping in a little, even if I still only got 6 hours of sleep, figuring out how to change the audio on a video I took years ago, going for a run late in the morning, finding a good restaurant that makes pork rinds so fresh it is still sizzling and popping when it arrives at the table, which I’ve never had before and taking a nap in the afternoon.
9/17: I am grateful for waking up early to catch a feng shui bonus call, eating some good Vietnamese food, going to a park that I hadn’t been to before, taking a couple pictures and taking a nap in the afternoon and spending the evening starting to clean my desk and office and working on drafts further.
9/16: I appreciate waking up at 4:44am and feeling pretty good considering the early time, getting started with work early and getting my blog post published all before 7am, getting a chemical peel and long overdue haircut with a scalp treatment after that, the chance to give advice to a previous colleague, work on more blog post drafts, cleaning out most unneeded files from my personal computer and reorganizing files into subfolders in Documents and Pictures, and a delicious midnight snack food that my boyfriend brought home for me.
9/15: I am thankful for starting my morning with a run, a healthy protein shake for breakfast, encouragement from my cousin on blogging, very few meetings scheduled for work today, software that allows me to verbally dictate to text on my computer, guidance on which spiritual practices to try with a specific issue during an energy healing call after work, having time to review a feng shui vision board training after the healing call, not only publishing a blog post for the day, but also finalizing tomorrow’s draft so all I have to do is publish it the next day.
9/14: I am grateful for meeting with an old coworker, receiving some healing energy, writing and publishing a blog post, and grabbing late-night eats with my boyfriend.
9/13: I appreciate morning meditation time, Illuminate leadership training at work for the day with some very inspiring speakers, writing and working on 3 different blog post drafts after work and reading a few pages of my new book.
9/12: I am thankful for the amazing thunderstorms overnight and rain in the morning that allowed me to sleep in, getting my first appt done relatively quickly despite a huge mixup at the medical office, getting my dental cleaning and noted improvement in my gums, burrito and pasta leftovers so I could quickly heat up it up while getting caught up with work.
9/11: I am grateful starting the day with meditation, spending most of the day researching astrology and ensuring the details in my blog post is accurate, taking time in the afternoon to do more meditation, listening to an audiobook while I wait before dinner and the amazing XLB dessert at Din Tai Fung with a current and old coworker.
9/10: I appreciate the cooler weather and rain early this morning so that running was a little easier; my appointments getting cancelled and rescheduled so that I could take a long nap that apparently my body needed.
9/9: I am thankful for meditation time, enjoying my time writing about feng shui, being able to cook dinner with leftovers and ending the day editing a book summary for a new FS friend.
9/8: I am grateful for getting a last minute same day chiro appt when I tried to make an appt for next week and learned the chiropractor would be out all next week, buying a new crystal that is supposed to help with HBP and another that drew me by its unique and beautiful look that is actually largely manmade (Fordite – made from paint sprayed over from the original Ford manufacturing plant in Detroit decades ago), receiving my 7 metal tingsha in the mail so I can properly cleanse all my crystals, getting back to writing and publishing 2 blog posts and getting to bed early listening to my body that is feeling run down.
9/7: I appreciate getting my layout reviewed by my feng shui teacher after work so I now know how to apply furniture placements, remedies, etc. and continue learning.
9/6: I am thankful to wake up early to start my day with meditation, gratitude and breathing practice, attending a healing energy call after work, doing more feng shui homework, reading and starting to learn about another spiritual meditation.
9/5: I am grateful for the Labor Day holiday, my body completing a morning run, doing a quick grocery run, time to meditate on my passions, take a passion test, write notes for a future blog, analyze my apartment’s feng shui further, use some previously written content to edit for a blog published today on International Day of Charity, cooking one of my favorite dishes – chicken and mushroom and having it turn out good even though I was missing an ingredient.
9/4: I appreciate getting up early to request clarity on some feng shui questions I have, being able to go for a morning run, finally getting my blog published on itunes, publishing 3 short blog posts for the day, and seeing my short video related to my blog watched by over 3K people on youtube and implementing a feng shui remedy in the bedroom that I’ve been meaning to do.
9/3: I am thankful for taking the first day of the 3 day weekend off from writing to give myself a break, doing some cleaning and end the day working on feng shui for my apartment.
9/2: I am grateful for the end of the work week and having a 3 day weekend to look forward to, getting a chance to message directly with my teacher to get some questions answered, having a local crystal shop nearby where I was able to get what I needed for my class tomorrow morning, but especially the woman who came after me looking for a rare crystal that I forgot about, but had really wanted since I learned about it (it was divine guidance and timing to run into her so that she could remind me to buy my own piece!), catching happy hour for a cheap and delicious yuzu salmon roll, watching Shania Twain concert and having quality time with my boyfriend.
9/1: I appreciate making and supporting a new friend in their business marketing adventure, creating a new blog post on feng shui that I published before going to bed, doing tapping, breathing and meditation, getting another pair of running shoes for track running (vs. long distance) and starting to learn about a new spiritual practice.
8/31: I am thankful to continuing my new habits of breathing, meditation and especially getting blog writing done, making ox tail stew that turned out delicious, getting a new comfortable pair of running shoes and doing a candle ritual last night during an especially auspicious time.
8/30: I am grateful for being able to work on my blog and podcast, doing more writing for future posts after work.
8/29: I appreciate starting my day with breathing and a workout at the gym, didn’t have any meetings that I needed to lead at work, 10 minutes to meditate during lunch, was able to catch up on all the work that I didn’t finish the week before, was able to re-record a podcast episode since the audio quality was not great and post 2 blog/podcasts after work today, and end my day writing my 750 words.
8/28: I am thankful to start my day with a run at a couple new local parks, a breakfast with delicious mushrooms, spending the day working on draft blog posts and setting up a podcast for it, meditating and writing.
8/27: I am grateful to have been able to go to bed early the night before, start my morning off with my breathing, meditation, gratitude and writing routines, check out Allegiant Stadium for the first time watching UNLV college football, eating carne asada french fries, taking a nap and ending the day writing.
8/26: I appreciate making it through the workweek with my last meeting of the day being enjoyable as I worked with a couple of my team members on a important but fun powerpoint and being very productive after work getting 3 loads of laundry done, cooking chicken afritada from scratch, vacuuming, cleaning the bathroom, front entry table, kitchen and dining room, and finally putting up my DIY luxury brand frames
8/25: I am thankful to make it through long stressful day at work.
8/24: I am grateful my watch has a function to focus on breathing for X number of minutes and X number of breaths within one minute; getting my morning meditation done; being able to cook chicken porridge for breakfast and do a little bit of cleaning around the apt before I start work.
8/23: I appreciate sleeping in my super comfortable bed with my tempurpedic pillow and getting an amazing night of sleep and starting my day with 5 minutes of breathing; making it through a long workday; doing a couple meditations and a little bit of writing before going to sleep.
8/22: I am thankful for PAMF who makes getting several medical appointments (annual physical, blood draw for labwork, TDAP vaccination and mammogram) done conveniently, easy and quickly – less than 2 hours for all; good Bun Bo Hue and King Eggroll in San Jose; a few doctors out for the day so there were barely any patients at my eye doctor’s office so that I can get my vision checked in under 1 hour (normally takes 2-3 hours due to having to wait); eating strawberry it’s it and burrito from taqueria la morena in SSF and getting home safely despite a delayed flight.
8/21: I am grateful for made to order omelets at Embassy Suites, amazing weather with clear skies and sun while being a tourist in San Francisco at Fisherman’s wharf, Lombard, driving past GG park to get to Ocean Beach, checking out my childhood neighborhood and eating a Little Lucca sandwich and roast crab with garlic noodles at Thanh Long.
8/20: I appreciate being A List, getting A21 boarding position, the flight arriving at SFO early; seafood boil lunch with family; prime rib dinner and Heidi’s pie with my best friend.
8/19: I am thankful to easily wake up early for a 4am call where another attendee offered to help me with something later in the day, which was very beneficial and discovered that she would be coming to town 3 times in the next few months so hoping I will get a chance to meet her and learn more from her or get referred to those she is working with who also lives nearby.
8/18: I am grateful to start my day with a breathing exercise, meditation, hot herbal tea and protein shake in the morning; get a reservation at Thanh Long in SF for this weekend, and end the day with a dinner date at Vanderpump which had really good food and drinks.
8/17: I appreciate starting the day with a breathing exercise and meditation, having most of the day to edit FY23 Planning preso for leadership, my boyfriend getting me a chicken apple salad for lunch, being able to go to Bellagio after work for a short walk, good hainan chicken dinner and to check out the beautiful garden and come back in time to discuss the PPT with someone on my team and doing a little writing (300+ out of 750 words).
8/16: I am thankful for starting work early at 6 am so I had 2 full hours to get caught up on email without being interrupted before the day started, a good performance review from my boss and the one area of improvement was not a surprise (keep pushing even if I get a no answer), getting a head start on packing for the upcoming weekend trip and getting my writing and meditation done at the end of my day.
8/15: I am grateful for taking a PTO day so I can get more sleep with both a morning and evening nap, trying secret pizza and dave’s hot chicken; getting some creative juices flowing with music and graphics and learning a couple technical things too.
8/14: I appreciate being able to satisfy my craving for porridge and roast duck, getting a long overdue errand done, walking around on the strip a little bit, veg’ing out watching TV while writing up some flashcards for things I want to memorize.
8/13: I am thankful for starting my day focusing on recording and listening to my own guided meditation, continuing my writing habit which also doubled for some planning of things I am going to do with my blog in the near future, eating leftover bone broth Korean soup for breakfast, Potbelly sandwich for lunch (something I haven’t had in over 10 years, last time was in Dallas on a business trip), date night with my boyfriend of sushi dinner and John Legend’s concert, late night chicken sandwich/wings eats and still having time afterwards to do Lion’s Gate/Full Moon Ritual before going to bed.
8/12: I am grateful for having the time to be consistent with my new rituals (even adding simply breathing for 5 minutes) of meditation and writing and the opportunity to learn so much, having a colleague who I can reach out to discuss my spiritual journey with and shifting my negative perspective.
8/11: I appreciate getting almost everything I wanted to get done at work completed before I logged off and being able to last minute take Monday off; editing a rough draft blog post; getting some creative projects that s been waiting to be done completed; writing a new rough draft blog post, cleaning up the apartment and cleansing my space with sage and palo santo along with my crystals and tarot decks to be recharged by the moon and getting to bed early.
8/10: I am thankful for taking 5 minutes in the mornings to sit and breathe; getting some laundry and all the dishes done before starting work; my boyfriend buying pork fried rice so I could easily heat it up and eat it for lunch when I had a full day of back to back meetings; getting over half of the performance reviews done for work.
8/9: I am grateful for the time I gave myself to rest and relax, my boyfriend making steak and hatch chile pepper dinner, doing a quick shorter meditation and writing.
8/8: I appreciate learning about Lion’s Gate, a related meditation ritual for manifestation, amazon overnight delivery, sop buntot and chicken wing leftovers to eat and actually sleeping ok for the night.
8/7: I am thankful for getting up early to do my meditation, writing and working out at the gym prior to getting some things done at home before having lunch at a local Thai restaurant, and ending the day with reviewing course materials (finishing all of it) and doing more spiritual work.
8/6: I am grateful for sleeping in a little, starting the morning with a meditation, before going to a park for a 2 mile walk, taking a nap, getting salt cures in place and ending the day doing some writing.
8/5: I appreciate getting up early so that I can get some bills paid, transcribe an audio file to edit for my own purposes that I will re-record, getting a head start on work emails before my back-to-back morning meetings begin, my boyfriend for bringing home chicken wings for lunch and making a grocery run so that I could make Indonesian oxtail and watching a romantic comedy in bed.
8/4: I am thankful for my morning meditation, breakfast burrito after my early morning meeting, writing during lunch for a quick break from work since I didn’t have time this morning before starting work (I forgot that I had an early morning meeting), picking up groceries for a friend in need and having a spontaneous night out with my boyfriend, enjoying our quality time together on the strip.
8/3: I am grateful for starting a new morning ritual of meditation and writing before I log onto work, talking to an old friend on the phone whom I haven’t spoken to live in years who made me laugh and optimistic about my future and ending the day listening to spiritual content being excited at the possibilities of what I can do myself.
8/2: I appreciate salted fish and chicken fried rice leftovers, amazon treasure truck’s daily sale item that got delivered the same day (I got a new tech toy that I will have to learn how to use this month), making time after work to finish part 3 of the course material I am learning. I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel since I only have 1 more part to go before I am finished.
8/1: I am thankful for sleeping in to 7am, getting to the gym for a quick elliptical session since I haven’t worked out since May, being able to cook salmon sinigang in my instant pot and making a spiritual investment in myself.
7/31: I am grateful taking a day off for my brain, not working or studying, to run errands, eating some good meals out around town, time to take a long nap and quality time and good conversations with my bf.
7/30: I appreciate spending the entire day being focused on part 3 of the course material I am learning and seeing my growing understanding of the interactions and intricacies of the different pieces of information.
7/29: I am thankful for an eerily quiet fiscal year end at work, no meetings for the day and time to leisurely eat leftover oxtail stew for lunch.
7/28: I am grateful for getting in a nap after work so that I can get through most of part 2 of the course material that I’m learning.
7/27: I appreciate making oxtail stew for dinner, getting the oxtail on sale for only $7/lb at the Asian grocery store, and a good nap after work.
7/26: I am thankful for finally making it through part 1 of the course material after work and enjoying what I’m learning.
7/25: I am grateful to hear from a couple friends who received my Christmas in July handmade card, checking out a different liquor store in the area, seeing an amazing sunset on the drive back home and rain so the weather was much cooler than normal.
7/24: I appreciate getting 7 hours of good sleep, getting some things done at home first thing in the morning, my cousin dropping off some products on her way home, and quiet time to focus on learning, housework and a little relaxing.
7/23: I am thankful for not having to deal with crowds by getting to the Costco business center early and getting exactly what I needed plus some other things; quality time spent with cousins in town shopping at the outlets and finding the matching evening bag to go with the shoes I bought last time plus the perfect zodiac necklace; AYCE sushi and hanging out downtown where I caught a big fish on a slot machine that rarely comes out when I had only one spin left.
7/22: I am grateful that my boyfriend got home early from work and him putting picture frames up, a delicious bibimbap spicy pork lunch and korean BBQ dinner with my cousins followed by crepe cake next door.
7/21: I appreciate only having 4 work mtgs with the early morning mtg ending early.
7/20: I am thankful for being able to have a leisurely dinner with my boyfriend at a local restaurant that I’ve been wanting to go to and having good conversations about our dreams and getting started on my “Christmas in July” cards so that I can send them out soon!
7/19: I am grateful for my boyfriend making adobo (he made it perfectly with my guidance) and having some time to study a new interest after work.
7/18: I appreciate my dreams last night that made me reconsider a few things to expand the way I analyze various factors in play and for the online group to run things by and get feedback on how they would analyze my situation.
7/17: I am thankful for the sleep I was able to get in the afternoon that my body needed.
7/16: I am grateful for being able to function and get through the day with only 2.5 hours of sleep and having an amazing dinner on the strip and completely avoiding the stampede that occurred near the restaurant from the shooting scare that was totally unfounded to be true.
7/15: I appreciate watching Usher’s My Way Las Vegas Residency with old and new friends and making even more new friends and for red velvet cake as a midnight snack.
7/14: I am thankful for getting into a short course to learn more about one of my passions.
7/13: I am grateful for a friend telling me about korean skincare products on sale for amazon prime day and to be able to cook a healthy delicious meal of broccoli with shrimp
7/12: I appreciate my boyfriend getting my car smog checked and registered for me, finding some needed things on amazon prime day sale and being productive around the house and things I needed to do when I couldn’t sleep for several hours in the middle of the night.
7/11: I am thankful for lots of yummy leftover food to eat.
7/10: I am grateful for ube hot chocolate, pancakes and amazing corned beef over hash tots, getting things done at home and getting more rest and sleep.
7/9: I appreciate sleeping most of the night, being able to see my best friend in LA briefly, ghost pepper chicken wings, a four hour late afternoon nap.
7/8: I am thankful for making it through the short work week, starting the day off with a quick conversation with my best friend and only 2 meetings scheduled for the day.
7/7: I am grateful for all the package deliveries received and my boyfriend making a grocery run and getting some of my favorite snacks.
7/6: I appreciate being able to get more things done around the house and eating home cooked meals.
7/5: I am thankful for no work meetings scheduled for the day so I can ease into the short workweek and get caught up on all emails as well as getting a last minute chiropractor appt in the afternoon since my body really needed the adjustment.
7/4: I am grateful for the Independence Day holiday, getting to eat BBQ and watch fireworks.
7/3: I appreciate getting a lot done around the house, getting Tim Ho Wan dim sum, taking a nap and knowing I don’t have to work tomorrow due to the holiday.
7/2: I am thankful for tocino flavored spam, vegan nachos at Nacho Daddy which was very delicious, and being able to go to the asian market to get some veggies and soy sauce.
7/1: I am grateful for making it through the workweek and having a 3 day weekend to look forward to!
6/30: I appreciate that my injuries are finally feeling like they are healing so that I can start to move with more range of motion.
6/29: I am thankful for having running water, electricity, a/c, brand new wood flooring, a nice roof over my head and all the conveniences of first world living as I remember how the family in Guatemala lived whom I helped build their home through Habitat for Humanity.
6/28: I am grateful to work from home, my boyfriend who takes care of and spoils me and my super comfortable bed.
6/27: I appreciate my boyfriend making breakfast for me while I had to work, only having a few meetings, which were all very productive, to start the workweek and spending the evening/night in bed reading a book.
6/26: I am thankful for making it to my morning appt, getting some pressed juice, picking up a few things at the nearby Asian market, taking a long nap in the afternoon, and making progress at home by sorting through one box and arranging things behind the mirror.
6/25: I am grateful for the weekend so I can continue to rest and recover and take a long nap!
6/24: I appreciate having the energy to finally leave the house to go Costco shopping after work.
6/23: I am thankful to feel better enough to get back to work.
6/22: I am grateful to finally have my vertigo and nausea symptoms subside this morning so that I could get 3 hours of sleep before lunch and eat a substantial meal of steak and veggies in the afternoon!
6/21: I appreciate my boyfriend making delicious and healing chicken soup since my symptoms are making it very difficult to want to eat anything at all.
6/20: I am thankful for the Juneteenth holiday because new Covid symptoms of vertigo, nausea and diarrhea are far worse than my previous fever, body ache, unrelenting headache symptoms
6/19: I am grateful to finally maintain a normal temperature by the end of the day without the reliance of medication.
6/18: I appreciate medicine that is giving me 1-2 hours of relief at a time of a fever that doesn’t seem to want to go away.
6/17: I am thankful to finally break my fever at 5am so that I can finally get a few hours of sleep.
6/16: I am grateful for at home covid tests so that I don’t need to leave home to know I am covid positive and for my boyfriend taking care of me.
6/15: I appreciate being able to hire a cleaning service and having them do a great job quickly.
6/14: I am thankful for the cooler weather holding.
6/13: I am grateful for the cooler weather with wind and friends helping out in a big way.
6/12: I appreciate being able to watch an opera for the very first time.
6/11: I am thankful for Vegas restaurant week to enjoy Bouchon with friends.
6/10: I am grateful to friends flying into town to help us on 6/13.
6/9: I appreciate the 107 degree heat of summer, tendon noodle soup and the fact that brew tea bar allows me to customize my drink – hot, no sweetness, no boba, but add oreos!
6/8: I am thankful for getting a better night’s sleep than the night before.
6/7: I am grateful for the ability to easily have a staycation in Vegas since it is so easy to stay on the strip and feel like I am away, without the hassles of getting on a flight to travel somewhere cool and being able to talk to a dear friend for a couple hours.
6/6: I appreciate my perseverance to finish my goal of going through all my clothes to figure out what to get rid of.
6/5: I am thankful for a full night’s sleep; going through over half my clothes to figure out what to get rid of; organizing my dresser drawers so they are not overstuffed and difficult to open/close or get clothes in and out; getting a good amount of stuff done around the house; and asian vegan food that tasted very good.
6/4: I am grateful to get a few hours of straight sleep for the first time this week; perfectly fried egg and rice with maggi for breakfast; checking out a couple houses to better understand a few things of what I like vs. don’t; getting some errands and computer tasks done all before lunch!
6/3: I appreciate being able to meet up with a friend to watch Katy Perry’s residency, which was super entertaining and check out Resorts World for the first time and trying Suns Out Buns Out for a Chicken Salad as a midnight snack.
6/2: I am thankful for making progress sorting through my things and finding it pretty easy to get rid of items I don’t really need, use or want, keeping the mindset that if I end up needing/wanting something in the future that I got rid of, I can simply buy it again.
6/1: I am grateful for only a few meetings today so that I can get more caught up with work, for smoked salmon from Seattle for a really delicious and satisfying dinner and taking a few minutes to step outside to watch the beauty of the sunset.
5/31: I appreciate having a short work week, getting through a lot of my backlogged emails, yummy blaze pizza for dinner with a free dessert.
5/30: I am thankful for the Memorial Day holiday and accomplishing a lot from errands to getting a long nap in.
5/29: I am grateful for a good lunch, safe and quick travels driving back and deciding last minute to catch the last showing of Tootsie at the theater.
5/28: I appreciate being able to celebrate my cousin’s wedding with family.
5/27: I am thankful for a safe drive to CA and enjoying the tea ceremony/dinner with family.
5/26: I am grateful for a short work week (4 day weekend) since I have Friday off work to attend a cousin’s wedding for the long weekend.
5/25: I appreciate my perseverance in maintaining my vegetarian eating for the day including a hearty vegetable soup I made from scratch and getting my nails done for cheap price at the local cosmetology school nearby since it took 3.5 hours to finish and there were some issues with the polish and nail art.
5/24: I am thankful for the energy and time to run a mile in the morning before work
5/23: I am grateful for Cisco giving me a free day off “Day for Me” so that I can workout and run a mile in the morning, run several errands, get a facial, take a nap and go outlet shopping for needed shoes for an upcoming family wedding as well as many more shoes that were not needed at all, but simply wanted!
5/22: I appreciate being able to be there for my best friend to listen to her troubles, going to the Sprouts for a cart full of fresh veggies and fruit, my boyfriend preparing veggies for me for the rest of the week and time to listen to audiobooks while I cleaned the apartment up.
5/21: I am thankful for being able to go to the Sundance resort to enjoy the trees and fresh air, the pilots making up time in the air since the flight was delayed, a safe flight home and quick sushi dinner with time to stop by pressed to stock up on juices.
5/20: I am grateful for a successful meeting with the State of Utah, finding cheap cashmere sweaters at the outlets, experiencing snowfall this late in the month, enjoying amazing view, fresh mountain air and food.
5/19: I appreciate attending a work conference with the local account manager in SLC with an inspiring keynote speaker, breakout session “The Art of Listening”, hitting up every single customer table and good food provided for lunch.
5/18: I am thankful for safe travels, meeting a friend in person for the first time at her tattoo shop and eating delicious Indonesian for lunch near the hotel.
5/17: I am grateful to hear the issue with my car won’t cost a lot and will only take one day to fix, which I can schedule an appt at my convenience, as well as logging off early from work (since I started early with a 6am call) so that I could pack since I’ll be going on business travel the rest of the week.
5/16: I appreciate my boyfriend taking care of my dead battery for me while I worked during the day.
5/15: I am thankful for being able to catch the lunar eclipse on the way home from dinner and getting to bed early.
5/14: I am grateful for finding a good hole in the wall for good menudo, checking out a guitar center and having another opportunity to read the continuation of my story during a virtual event and having 3 important people in my life support me by attending the online event live.
5/13: I appreciate feeling okay considering it is Friday the 13th, a day that can be very hard from me to get through.
5/12: I am thankful for same day delivery by Amazon, time to edit my story, and finishing Les Misérables.
5/11: I am grateful to have my bf cook dinner tonight since I am exhausted, followed by a bunch of issues during dress rehearsal (better now than during the event!), couch time watching the middle part of Les Misérables and ending the evening reading a couple chapters of a book that I’ve had since 2019 that I’ve been meaning to read since!
5/10: I appreciate the convenience and financial independence to buy a laptop light with next day delivery in preparation for my weekend zoom performance.
5/9: I am thankful for no scheduled meetings at work today, a total rarity!
5/8: I am grateful for my mother and all she has done to make me the woman I am today and having date night watching Lea Salonga perform live.
5/7: I appreciate being able to have a leisurely morning in bed without anything specifically planned for the day except a concert in the evening – having a unique concert experience with Silk Sonic locking everyone’s cell phones to truly focus on the incredible music, and having white castle burgers – something I haven’t had since the early 2000s.
5/6: I am thankful for being able to celebrate my half year birthday having high tea at the Waldorf Astoria, having fun trying on Louboutin heels and getting pierogis at First Friday.
5/5: I am grateful to be able to make tacos at home, having high end tequila to drink and playing cards.
5/4: I appreciate despite my bf having a bad day himself, he spent the evening being there for me.
5/3: I am thankful to work from home so that I can get some laundry done while I play catch up at work and not having a ton of meetings so that I could get a lot of work done during the day; being able to throw random things from the fridge into the instant pot and have it turn out to be a delicious meal.
5/2: I am grateful for safe travels back home, korean bbq and passion fruit slush, being able to take a nap in the afternoon to catch up on much needed rest from a tiring trip!
5/1: I appreciate not having to perform so that I could truly enjoy the rest of the art festival without any nerves, stress or anxiety; making it to pike’s place to eat clam chowder, Dungeness crab sandwich, oysters and buy smoked salmon to bring home; meeting up with my cousin and taking a beautiful walk around the arboretum and U Village where we had great fried chicken and ginger beer.
4/30: I am thankful for the experience reading my poem the day before as it gave me experience which helped when I had to read part of a short story that I wrote on stage in front of another live audience and having it be well received getting compliments on my “stage presence”; amazing chef’s choice sushi celebration dinner and time to relax the rest of the evening.
4/29: I am grateful for making it to my very first ever live in-person performance on time despite my flight being delayed for an hour and getting over my stage fright enough warrant laughter and applause reading a poem I wrote that was recently published; talking to other new writers and having people actually ask for my signature in the book my poem was published in.
4/28: I appreciate having a short work week and this being my Friday as it has been a tough week.
4/27: I am thankful for more positive feedback I received at work today from other people.
4/26: I am grateful for the positive feedback I received at work today from a couple different people.
4/25: I appreciate my Breville convection oven that has an air fryer mode that crisped up the leftover fried chicken perfectly.
4/24: I am thankful for my creativity to finish writing a story that has been in the works since early 2020 when I first started writing and having a delicious Korean fried chicken dinner!
4/23: I am grateful for an extra $10 discount off my oil change from Honda, free BBQ at my apt complex where I got a big bottle of hand sanitizer for free.
4/22: I appreciate being able to drop my boyfriend off at the airport so that he can celebrate his best friend’s birthday for the weekend.
4/21: I am thankful for leftover porridge to eat for breakfast, being able to work from home and my apartment that I love living in.
4/20: I am grateful for my bed and pillow, the instant pot to allow me to cook chicken porridge using frozen chicken thighs and chicken broth in a short amount of time, getting very close to being caught up with work emails and the ability to cook dinner from scratch tonight.
4/19: I appreciate having a company that pays me to volunteer and spending my day at Heaven Can Wait Animal Society where I learned how to clean and sterilize surgical tools used to spay/neuter dogs and cats, how to wake cats up from anesthesia, seeing a prolapsed anus on a feral cat (who very sadly was put to sleep as a result) and the poor cute kitten who passed away during the procedure so that I could witness the autopsy, which revealed a viral infection in the lungs that was the likely cause of death. It was emotional to know two cats passed over the rainbow bridge during my volunteer shift and to see so many feral cats that came through that would be released back to their neighborhoods after a very short recovery of their procedures.
4/18: I am thankful for my strong body doing a quick early morning workout at the gym before work and being home!
4/17: I am grateful for safe travels, finally being home after travelling for 11 days and getting a couple great naps in during the day since I stayed up after arriving at the Phoenix airport before 11pm for my 5am flight back to Vegas without severely impacting my ability to sleep at night and eating one of my favorites, menudo.
4/16: I appreciate the opportunity to visit Epcot Center and see most of it, getting several stickers from the different countries that I will be putting on my luggage, before having to head out to the airport to begin my long journey home and yummy Japanese potato snacks.
4/15: I am thankful for the hotel finding my misplaced dry cleaned clothes, testing negative for covid and the nice Hilton hotel for the last night in Orlando.
4/14: I am grateful for someone singing me praises at the end of the conference!
4/13: I appreciate excellent meals at this conference since food is usually mediocre during large events like these, productive meetings and plopping down in bed immediately after dinner.
4/12: I am thankful for the speaker Kindra Hall whose presentation was inspirational and getting a signed copy of her recent book.
4/11: I am grateful to find some adidas ultra boost shoes for 50% off and getting my goal steps in by shopping.
4/10: I appreciate my travel companion’s diamond status so we can get free breakfast and water for the room, my body’s ability to walk 15k steps to go shopping for almost 12 hours, my discernment so I didn’t buy too much and my amazing away luggage to hold everything old and new.
4/9: I am thankful for technology to transport me across the country in mere hours safely, great BBQ, $1.90 t shirts at uniqlo, finally walking 10k steps in one day, hotel location being very convenient, pistachio eclair,
4/8: I am grateful for mushroom double burger and onion rings for lunch and no work meetings for the day
4/7: I appreciate doggie kisses, shaken beef with garlic noodles, chicken wings, and being forced to box.
4/6: I am thankful for arriving safely at my destination and ham sandwich for a midnight snack.
4/5: I am grateful for my apartment, all the things within it and all my clothes and shoes!
4/4: I appreciate finally being able to do laundry and having lots of leftovers from the weekend so I don’t have to worry about what to eat.
4/3: I am thankful for it being the weekend so I could sleep in a little, quality time with two very good friends; Pizza Rock Grandma style pizza and the Piroshky Piroshky pop up event.
4/2: I am grateful for my body surviving hitting the gym and running 2.5 miles, an easy Costco trip first thing in the morning, girls day that included brunch at a new spot I haven’t been to, a foot spa massage in Chinatown and then meeting up with others for big bone marrow pho at District One (something I’ve been wanting to try for years now) and boba on the strip to hang out.
4/1: I appreciate the new moon in Aries energy that inspired me to start to sort through all my random cables, plugs and electronics-an effort that is long overdue!
3/31: I am thankful for the BetaBrand ‘BetaBabe’ community who lifted me up with their comments on my outfit posts wearing the new Gigi top!
3/30: I am grateful to be able to purchase and receive a ring light, cell phone mount and tripod stand so that I can take selfies of different outfit styles using my Betabrand Gigi top as requested by many customers on the live show to share on the Betaband Behind the Seams Facebook Group.
3/29: I appreciate being able to go to the chiropractor this morning so that I could get relief from my shoulder/neck/back pain; sprouts for pre-seasoned chicken wings to make a cheap and easy lunch
3/28: I am thankful for getting some long overdue personal finance tasks done after work; a delicious homemade pork belly dinner trying a new recipe for the first time and a good night’s sleep once I was able to fall asleep.
3/27: I am grateful for the weekend to finally get my office set back up in the loft; all my tax information and documents pulled together so I can send it off to my accountant; and a relaxing evening watching a sweet dog movie based on a true story while eating chinese food delivery.
3/26: I appreciate my diligence to stay home in the morning to submit all my reimbursement requests for HSA/FSA and starting to pull my tax details together; taking a nap in the afternoon; meeting up with friends at a casino; drinking a double shot from a $600 bottle of tequila and seeing everyone in the group come out pretty big winners.
3/25: I am thankful for the end of the work week; steak dinner; going out to watch a taiko drumming performance; getting to check out Planet Hollywood’s amazing suite with 4 connecting rooms, meeting a sweet corgi dog and having a double shot of Don Julio 1942.
3/24: I am grateful that one of my favorite company’s, Betabrand, named a wrap styled top in my honor – something many customers voted on – and I was able to participate in the live show to release it to the public and to finally get fully caught up with work emails and hitting the gym.
3/23: I appreciate the additional uplifting messages of the local Cisco Women’s virtual conference.
3/22: I am thankful for the inspiring message I received attending Cisco’s Women’s virtual conference; being able to cook a healthy lunch while listening to speakers; getting mostly caught up with emails from being out for several days; and going out to the driving range enjoying watching the planes land from overhead with a view of the strip.
3/21: I am grateful for the last volunteer shift at Cat World; the Moroccan spiced vegetable dish at Angel Village Cafe for lunch before departing Kanab; a safe trip back home; trying out a new pizza place that was excellent NY style; and time to complete a couple errands and unpacking in the evening.
3/20: I appreciate the lazy Sunday talking with my boyfriend and going out to the Coral Pink Sand Dunes even though it was raining.
3/19: I am thankful for a better night’s sleep, getting my 10,000 steps in by hiking Slot Canyon which was a cool place to take pictures at and relaxing in the cabin in the late afternoon.
3/18: I am grateful to spend the morning cleaning car rooms for over 20 cats, good weather too have lunch outside to admire the view of Angel Canyon, an afternoon hike to Hidden Lake with a dog named Yamaha, admiring the stars, seeing Orion’s Belt, before going to bed.
3/17: I appreciate my employer, Cisco, for providing employees dedicated paid time off to volunteer so that I could spend my morning at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary Adoption Hub walking dogs and cleaning the kitten room and the afternoon cleaning thousands of poop balls from numerous rabbit runs and taking two lionhead rabbits for a stroller walk.
3/16: I am thankful for safe travels driving to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah, only having to deal with light rain and spending the afternoon at Parrot Garden cleaning aviaries and having a sleepover with Ironhide, an affectionate cat with a quiet meow.
3/15: I am grateful that I was able to catch up on my work email from my trip to Alaska since I’ll be gone the rest of the week for Time2Give and can have a little more peace of mind than if I was still backed up on work.
3/14: I appreciate this being a short work week for me!
3/13: I am thankful for steak and eggs breakfast, adobo chicken and shishito peppers for lunch.
3/12: I am grateful for getting through the majority of the pile of paperwork sitting on my desk that needed to be dealt with, a fun Costco run and being able to use my reward certificate so I only ended up paying ~$30; delicious steak and veggie dinner and good conversations about potential options for future.
3/11: I appreciate making it through the stress of work dealing with internal audit activity despite it being a short week.
3/10: I am thankful for getting my ass up at 5:30am to go to the gym and do some much needed and long overdue good for my body and health; stamina to focus on work for 11 straight hours; energy to get several personal/home tasks done; and frozen meals to get me through the day with minimal time.
3/9: I am grateful for safe travels back home, no longer having to deal with snow and all the wonderful things about the Vegas area that make me love where I live!
3/8: I appreciate having a great relaxing last day of my trip to Alaska, despite not being able to try a Baked Alaskan or peanut butter pie and looking forward to returning home.
3/7: I am thankful for the amazing lunch of Hungarian Mushroom Soup and pizza, getting to see the world largest chocolate fountain and having time to finish reading a book
3/6: I am grateful for the sunny weather to explore anchorage, but some souvenirs and a late afternoon nap.
3/5: I appreciate finally making my dreams come true and watching the Iditarod race start which was amazing!
3/4: I am thankful to be on vacation and not have anything planned for the day so I could take a 3 hour nap after eating amazing biscuits breakfast, getting some much needed rest after waking up at 4 am to a fight in the parking lot and not being able too fall back asleep, Alaskan salmon for lunch and a very relaxing evening watching tv and some good conversation with my bf.
3/3: I am grateful I was able to get an immediate teleheath visit for an urgent health problem and treatment so that I could make it to my flight to Alaska with a lot less pain, and even though the flight was delayed, very glad to finally step foot in the last of the 50 states, crossing off my bucket list item!
3/2: I appreciate getting all my laundry done before my upcoming trip and preparing most of my clothes to be packed so I don’t have to rush last minute.
3/1: I am thankful for being able to make myself some ginger chicken soup for dinner since I was having stomach issues and getting to bed early to be able to listen to podcasts before going to sleep.
2/28: I am grateful for finally making it to the chiropractor so that I could get much needed treatment for my extreme back pain and being able to walk out of the appointment feeling better.
2/27: I appreciate getting a hotel room that had a view of the strip so that I could watch two people I love run the Rock n’ Roll 1/2 marathon. Felt so very happy and proud of them completing this major accomplishment.
2/26: I am thankful for filling my belly with a yummy pastrami burger
2/25: I am grateful I made it through the work week despite dealing with a back spasm that made breathing painful.
2/24: I appreciate getting a full night’s sleep and feeling rested when I awoke with further improvement with my back, a free upgrade to a junior suite that had a nice tub so I could take a much needed epsom salt bath, and a decadent chocolate cake from a Carlo’s bake shop vending machine.
2/23: I am thankful that my back pain improved enough that I was able to get some sleep, could tolerate getting some work done and that my company is flexible so that I could take frequent breaks as my body needed it.
2/22: I am grateful that I have someone who can take such great care of me when I can’t take care of myself and that I was able to take a several hour nap after not being able to sleep the night before due to a back spasm.
2/21: I appreciate Cisco giving me a free vacation day, a Day for Me, where I could go get brunch at Babystacks, check out a local park, take a much needed 3 hour nap in the afternoon, St. Anthony helping me quickly find my misplaced wallet and having homemade spring rolls for dinner.
2/20: I am thankful to have heard my brother’s voice in my dream last night telling me not to worry, discovering a really good crepe place near home, having time to clean, do laundry, cook a meal at home and hang out with a friend until really late at night knowing I didn’t have work the next day.
2/19: I am grateful to have roast duck wonton noodle soup and hang out at the casino with a friend in town
2/18: I appreciate the opportunity to have a tapas dinner with a sorority sister to celebrate her birthday and fraternity brother, both of whom I haven’t seen since before the pandemic started.
2/17: I am thankful for getting more sleep than the night before.
2/16: I am grateful an AYCE sushi restaurant opened nearby so I could get my yuzu sashimi fix!
2/15: I appreciate the improvement in my writing ability that enabled me to finish writing a short story after work with plenty of time to spare before the 11pm submission deadline.
2/14: I am thankful for having so much love in my life and the spontaneous decision to stay at the strip so I could end my day with a glorious and much needed bubble bath!
2/13: I am grateful for sleeping in, being able to take a quick nap after breakfast to give my body what it clearly needed, delicious homemade nachos, getting some finance tasks finally done, trying some painting and submitting another written piece for a future event and enjoying the Superbowl halftime show.
2/12: I appreciate 80% off clearance sales, being able to walk around a park, free pizza at my apartment complex, being able to help a friend by cooking a simple meal, and going to a Beethoven symphony.
2/11: I am thankful to be able to celebrate a good friend’s birthday with dinner and entertainment to end a long challenging work week.
2/10: I am grateful to get a good night’s sleep, start the morning right and get a quick chat in with my bff before diving into a challenging 12 hour workday
2/9: I appreciate the weather not being so cold, taking some time to get out for some fresh air in the evening, even for a short time to clear my head before getting back to work.
2/8: I am thankful for getting a good night’s sleep and not having a lot of work meetings so I could focus on process documents for internal audit.
2/7: I am grateful for my ability to look at random ingredients in my kitchen that don’t quite fit a standard recipe, but still be able to make it work and have it come out tasting good! I can’t remember ever making chicken afritada in the past, but it sure was tasty when I made it with spicy V8 juice instead of regular tomato sauce. Also for having a wonderful evening at home!
2/6: I appreciate a good lazy Sunday at home vegging on the couch, to finish reading a book and watching some movies and getting several loads of laundry done. It is quiet uneventful days alone like this, that allow me to recharge my soul.
2/5: I am thankful for having the opportunity to catch up with my old manager for a few hours, being pushed out of my comfort zone to read an erotic story I wrote out loud during a zoom event and getting positive chat messages from the audience plus a gift card for doing it.
2/4: I am grateful for having the opportunity to meet with the team to try to figure out the technical issues I was having during dress rehearsal and no longer encountering them, as well as getting one process doc done at work and sending to internal audit so I don’t have to worry about it over the weekend. Also for quiet focused time to edit some writing and practice for my event tomorrow.
2/3: I appreciate checking out a potential future option so I can continue to hone my desires and fine tune my dreams to be closer to manifesting them and having the energy to work from 6am-8pm.
2/2: I am thankful for experiencing all sorts of technical difficulties during dress rehearsal so I can get that all out of the way so that during the live show everything will go perfectly and for pushing past my stage fright and delivering – only to realize aside from the nervousness, it was actually fun.
2/1: I am grateful for this new lunar new year and having an opportunity to make a new friend over an amazing chinese dinner with people who are like family to me at one of the best spots in town.
1/31: I appreciate having the energy after work to clean my apartment fully and finish listening to my audiobook at the same time. The peace that came over me knowing and seeing everything so clean was well worth all the effort over the past several days!
1/30: I am thankful for being able to get a couple errands done that have been procrastinated on and getting to see a side of town I’ve never been to before.
1/29: I am grateful for starting the day with a delicious breakfast, reading, a quick nap and getting some cleaning done. Spending time trying to figure out what the future may or may not hold, pigging out at Settebello with pizza and dessert then hanging out with a good friend.
1/28: I appreciate waking up at 3am and having a productive day, lasting til about 9pm before crashing, making it through another workweek, ending the day having a non-work conversation with a colleague, reading a few chapters about animals and having an amazing homemade dinner.
1/27: I am thankful for the opportunity to see potential options for the future by getting a better feel of what I want vs. don’t want.
1/26: I am grateful for finally having a good night sleep and waking up later than usual, having some interesting dreams, including one that seemed like of a past life and having a large cup of hot cocoa with mini marshmallows while I read one chapter in a book before starting my workday.
1/25: I appreciate being able to start my day with a hot comforting bowl of chicken porridge made with leftover rotisserie chicken, taking a quick break in the middle of the day when I was feeling highly stressed to read a chapter in a book before diving back into work and ending my day productively doing some much needed financial analysis of my costco spending habits, which unsurprisingly revealed I need to exert much more self control when trolling the aisles.
1/24: I am thankful for this day because it is my favorite cousin’s birthday who has brought me so much love, support and happiness in my own life.
1/23: I am grateful for waking up very early so that I could get several things done even before the break of dawn, but more importantly before several appointments later in the day; a couple conversations that gave me further insight to clarify the direction I want to take with a specific area of my life this year; Whole Foods selling out of chicken wings so I can make an even better and healthier meal (for less money); listening to an audiobook while I cleaned my apartment; and catching up with my best friend in the evening.
1/22: I appreciate the way the sunrise made the clouds look like a brushed painting this morning, finding a local spot that makes good menudo, that feeling I get after my car is washed and sparkling clean, that I was able to book an appointment for a facial last minute and get some relaxing self-care time, short rib ramen, strawberry shortcake from whole foods, naptime and a little writing and reading time.
1/21: I am thankful I am alive to make it through a relatively crappy day because you truly appreciate the good days without the bad.
1/20: I am grateful for beautiful sunsets overlooking the Vegas strip.
1/19: I appreciate being able to listen to an ebook while getting some housework done after a productive day at work.
1/18: I am thankful for being woken up by the rain around 4am and starting my day super early so that I could log off work a little early to run errands, getting in and out of Costco quickly since the lines were short and spending time editing the very first fictional story I ever wrote back in 2020.
1/17: I am grateful for having a holiday day off so I don’t have to work, then starting the day with Korean beef rib soup and glass noodles soup, taking another long nap and having leisurely time to read about astrology.
1/16: I appreciate having a super lazy Sunday, taking a bath, a nap and learning about astrology and NY steak for lunch.
1/15: I am thankful for being able to take a 3 hour nap even when I slept in later than normal. Roast duck wonton mein and chicken porridge for breakfast and sushi for dinner.
1/14: I am grateful for the restaurant we had reservation at permanently closing so we could end up at Carson kitchen to have a fabulous meal before going to Vonda Shephard’s concert at such a cool venue – Myron’s (Smith Center). Enjoyed ending the night at a friend’s place.
1/13: I appreciate being able to be there for a friend in her time of need, a little cleaning, laundry and reorganizing done, plus was able to run a few errands after work that had been put off.
1/12: I am thankful for being able to run over 2 miles during my lunch break today and seeing my first Betabrand sizing fit model video be aired. Got a couple long overdue personal tasks done, wrote a poem that I think is actually decent and relaxed in the evening by watching Fast & Furious.
1/11: I am grateful to have homemade chicken porridge for breakfast, adobo leftovers for lunch and inspiration to write a short story using a point of view I haven’t tried before – 3rd person.
1/10: I appreciate being able to work at home (have been for 10 years!), living in an apartment complex that has a gym so I can easily go work out, having an instant pot so making chicken adobo is super easy and fast and having time before bed to edit the one act play script that I wrote the other day.
1/9: I am thankful to have woken up energized to get several errands completed in the morning, the ability to take a long nap in the afternoon and finalize another creative writing piece to submit to another publishing opportunity.
1/8: I am grateful to have had the whole day to leisurely spend reading and writing. Glad I was encouraged to try writing a poem through a random email received. Pretty pleased with my first attempt at writing a one act play script as well.
1/7: I appreciate being able to take another day off work to attend CES’ last show day checking out both the convention center and the Venetian Expo and getting some swag.
1/6: I am thankful for a good night’s sleep going to bed before 10 and getting up at 6am to do a little blogging before starting my first day back at work. Work day was quiet enough for me to catch up on email, which was thankfully lighter than expected being out for 2 full weeks. Ended the day with an amazing homemade yuzu salmon dinner and writing time to start a brand new short story.
1/5: Grateful for the opportunity to attend CES in person this year during my extended work shutdown. It was reassuring to know all attendees were cleared for full vaccination and see everything honoring the mask mandate. While it didn’t feel the same with a lot less exhibitors and attendees, it was still very enjoyable to see new tech trends, gadgets and get some swag. After a full day of walking, though only half the mileage of what I usually track at this event (12,500 steps vs. 25,000), it was very convenient to eat spaghetti that my apt complex gave for free.
1/4: Starting my morning off with a chiropractor appointment to get adjusted felt so good! Glad I’m still on extended shutdown, since I was able to take a mid-day nap, which was much needed since I did not sleep well or enough the night before. Also had time to write, delete some emails, and clean my bathroom. Unfortunately found out that a close family friend, who basically was an uncle to me passed away. Hopeful that my simple note of condolence to his daughter provided a little solace. Thankful for the easy CES badge pickup at the international airport terminal and receiving a self test COVID kit, something that has been impossible to find at local pharmacies. Made it to bed early before 10pm and got a good night’s sleep.
1/3: I appreciate my company doing an extended shutdown this holiday season since the week between Christmas and New Year’s went by so quickly and these 3 extra days off are allowing me time to write, catch up on some things around the house, as well as have fun! The Lost Spirits Distillery far exceeded my expectations and was quite the experience. Then having Nori Ramen at Sora after drinking so much hard liquor was the perfect ending to the evening.
1/2: I am thankful for making use of my early morning writing and posting to my blog, making it to the gym, enjoying Ethel M’s holiday lights in their Cactus Garden with some hot cocoa and delicious korean style oxtail for dinner.
1/1: I am truly grateful for being able to stay up for the countdown to ring in the new year with someone I love and feeling full of hope for all that can potentially be manifested in 2022. Also for being able to sleep in, then spending the whole day at home leisurely writing my first blog post of the year, while eating 3 delicious meals, watching some inspiring YouTube videos and going to bed early!
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