025: 50 things I'm grateful for
1. Being at the University of South Carolina and in the major I enjoy
2. Having a job working in the business school
3. Good health - being able to do what I want and enjoy the life I live
4. My family - having loving parents, siblings, and dogs to visit
5. Being able to run and exercise
6. The high from a good workout
7. Coffee
8. Sunrises and sunsets
9. Living in our modern world - technology, medicine, standard of living
10. How poverty levels are the lowest in recorded history
11. Spending a day on the beach with good company
12. When a band plays great live music and gets the crowd to get up and dance
13. How fast you can connect with anyone in the world online
14. Being able to fly around the globe at affordable prices
15. The different culture and knowledge that exist today (every person in the world has something to offer)
16. Sunny summer days with a small breeze
17. Sense of sight - seeing a blue sky, green trees and grass fields, and the colors of life
18. Sense of smell - smelling linen, a home cooked meal, a new car, or a beautiful perfume
19. Sense of hearing - listening to birds chirp in the morning, crickets at night, the trickle of rain, or chords of a piano
20. Sense of touch - the warmth of a blanket out of the dryer, texture of a nice bath mat stepping out of the shower, feeling the smooth skin of someone, a breeze of wind
21. Sense of taste - for letting me savor fruits, chocolate, steak, and pasta
22. Having a bed to sleep on at night
23. Any mistakes I make and the opportunity they present to learn from and improve
24. Pay day!
25. Living with fun and happy roommates
26. Cooking an amazing meal - most recently, pan seared chicken and baked broccoli
27. Drinking a couple glasses of red wine
28. Everything about dogs
29. Dog spotting group on Facebook (yes look it up)
30. Going with a gut decision and turning out to be right
31. Fast wifi
32. Everything I've done to get me to where I am
33. Meditation
34. Religion - I am not religious but joy, faith, love, happiness, meaning, and words of kindness span across all religions. Some downfalls have happened "in the name" of religion or god, but the values most religions teach help so many people.
35. Books - authors spend years of their life refining and shaping their best discoveries in life so anyone can benefit from them.
36. Social media - rekindling lost connections, making new ones, and giving voice to the unheard
37. Watching a snowstorm in the winter
38. Christmas season - family, Christmas movies and songs, joy and cheer, waking up that morning, and everything in between
39. A healthy mind - being able to think clearly, ambitiously and empathetically
40. Tailgate and football season
41. Cold showers to wake you up and hot showers to relax
42. A full battery charge
43. Museums - art, history, science, nature
44. Extra fries at the bottom of the bag
45. Sleeping like an absolute rock and waking up refreshed and happy
46. Stars in the sky and stargazing conversations
47. The USA
48. Drive in movie theaters
49. Backyard BBQs
50. Laughter
