01.25.18
Today I’m grateful for…
- Good meetings with my advisor
- Friends that encourage my best self
- 1:1s with my Peer Mentors
- Christmas with my Grandparents and the Macy’s sweaters my Grandma would always get my sister and me
- A clean office and an empty email inbox
- My coworkers! Especially in Kennedy Tower
- Time at the gym
- UMass Dining and sushi
- Morning meditation
- My cat, Ned
- Good parking
- Watching The New England Patriots with my family
- Trying new things
- Old man basketball on Wednesday with my dad
- FaceTime with friends
- Listening to old music with a new ear
- People who are on time
- What patience brings
- My journal
- Walks around the pond with my Grandma
- Spotify Discover Weekly
- The sunshine and the rain
- A healthy life
- This very moment
As always, check out my first blog, 25 Things I’m Grateful For (#1) to know why I’m writing this list and why I want you to start yours.
Featured image from a tough morning. I remember leaving my building around 4am to catch “the perfect sunrise” and all we found was the fog. I remember being so disappointed. I was already having a tough couple of days mentally and this didn’t meet my expectations. In the fog, we found a lone surfer. He was taking on the cold and unforgiving waves from what we could barely make out. Again and again, he fell into the water, only to get right back up. Life isn’t meant to be a constant wave back to the shore. There will be times you fail and times you have to pick yourself back up. The ocean, this planet, is full of life and opportunity. Finding ourselves in the middle of all of it can be difficult and overwhelming. Take it one day at a time. Be patient and recognize you’ve come so far. Think back to your very first-day’ surfing’ and how much you’ve improved. Even if you haven’t met your goal quite yet, you can climb back on the board and keep trying.
