1. Choosing to be tactful in a frustrating situation
2. Sharing silly (nope, I didn’t forget a word :)
3. Remembering at the last minute (Hey, you remembered!)
4. Someone literally going and buying you a coat when you’re cold
5. Giving Toys for Tots
6. Consistency
7. Having proof
8. Using proof
9. Resolutions that please everyone
10. Plans
1. Making it there on time
2. Receiving Christmas cards
3. Little surprises
4. Fun stamps
5. Safe driving
6. Vegetarian tamales
7. Laughter
8. Kind office staff
9. Politely declining
10. Opportunities to practice
1. Praise- giving and receiving
2. Completion
3. The almost disgustingly luxurious option to take a really long shower
4. Gettin’ some hugs
5. Fun and Fancy Free
6. Outside sounds when it’s raining
7. Turquoise
8. Sparkly Christmas magic
9. My Gram’s gingerbread boy recipe
10. Friends who care
1. Starting the day off right
2. Top schools doing gratitude research
3. Sharing the freshest sushi (with a side of fantastic service)
4. Shipping center lady who gracefully swept a rule under the rug so that I could mail my package on time :)
5. Sleeping in
6. Countdown to Christmas travel
7. Ella Fitzgerald’s impossibly wide vocal range
8. Wide open day, wide open possibilities
9. Functional, comfortable vehicle
10. Movement
1. Laughing
2. Learning
3. Demonstrating competence
4. Palm trees
5. Finishing strong
6. When your man makes the bed
7. Practice makes progress
8. Good rapport
9. Drive-through car washes
10. Hilarious private moments
1. Doing those things that bolster my soul
2. Having the means
3. Scientific support
4. Excellent questions
5. Putting your expertise to work
6. Enjoying a holiday flick you’ve never seen before
7. Genuine words of praise
8. Verbal encouragement that keeps you going
9. Concocting clever and fun ways to make someone feel good
10. Playing Santa :)
1. Free days
2. Free time
3. Free space
4. Free will
5. Expansive breaths
6. Wide grins
7. Pandora holiday stations
8. Silly 1940’s song lyrics
9. Self care
10. Sweet texts
1. Turning to a support instead of feeding crappy thoughts
2. Landscape of dreams
3. Tapestry of goals beginning to form a picture
4. “I can do it” internal chant
5. When house guests are comfortable without much to-do
6. “Applejack” (my ipod)
7. Second chances (and thirds and fourths and….)
8. Velvet holiday stockings
9. Empowerment of knowledge
10. Taking time to be proud of your accomplishments (as opposed to incessantly harping about what still “needs” done)
1. Feeling you get when you work really hard on something and complete it
2. Cheering people on
3. Fun study groups
4. Lists
5. Relief you experience after doing something you were intimidated by
6. Umbrellas
7. Charming date nights
8. Meals that feel perfectly nourishing and delicious
9. Long walks
10. Coconut frozen yogurt
1. Reading gratitude lists
2. Practice
3. Feedback
4. Visualization
5. Hearty dinners
6. A good night’s sleep
7. Feeling ready
8. Confidence
9. A hairdo that says “I mean business”
10. Giving it what ya got