#1567, Wednesday, December 23: Gratitude equals happiness

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Post 1567, Day 357 of 2015
- 1,818 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

This is why it's fun to be me (at least for me it is): I wake up grateful to wake up, and am pretty accepting of whatever comes after that.

I know that I can and do get temporarily hung up on this or that thing that doesn't feel good or 'right'. But I'm also pretty quick to let go. I accept my imperfections as being part of my perfection. Perfection that is built-in, and effortless to maintain, once you decide it actually, really, is what it is.

I wake up today with a successful gig behind me, and another one tonight. I face the day with a sense of curiosity at what is coming my way - a kind of generalized positive anticipation.

I didn't have time to see my portfolio results yesterday, but this morning I find that they are good, and I am back in that place where my investments are far outpacing where they would have been had I put them in a savings account.

This doesn't, of itself, make me happy, but it fits with my general thesis that everything is going to be all right.

And, no, I have no evidence that is true. None at all. It is just a feeling that starts when I wake up. Happy to have another day.

Happy that last night's very late dinner, an off-plan indulgent celebration that included eating a gift-box-ful of home-made chocolate truffles, somehow still brought me a little weight loss.

Happy with some reasons to be happy, but also happy for no reason at all - just because that's my choice.

It begins with waking up grateful.

Food and Diet Section

Today's Weight:                   205.2 lbs.

Previous Weight (12/22):          206.2 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                   -  1.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

Hah! Hash-brown potatoes, rye toast, and a box of chocolate truffles at 1am and I lose a pound. The world is a mysterious and wonderful place.

Food Log

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch
At Core:

Chicken Cobb salad (shredded kale and romaine, grilled chicken, avocado, bacon, hard-cooked egg and blue cheese dressing with a little sriracha). Not shown: A cup of beef-pork bone broth and a Quest bar.

Dinner

Skipped.

Snack
Roast beef with Philippe's famous hot mustard.

Liquid Intake
   Espressos: 2;  Coffee:  0 oz.;  Water: 68+ oz.

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