Something Good

In the last year and a half, we've put up nearly 200 posts here at Something Good. I'm pretty proud of that, although I wouldn't mind if the number was higher. Still, there are times when I think that many of our suggestions could stand to be revisited. I mean, if they were such good ideas the first time around, then it makes sense that they're still worth doing, right?

No, I'm not going to start reposting old entries, even though that could be kind of a nifty idea. On the other hand, there is one particular suggestion that I haven't followed through on in quite a while. Over the last few weeks, I've been thinking that I really needed to get back into keeping my gratitude journal. (The original post is "Create a Gratitude Journal.") When I look back on it, I realize that I stopped updating it just about two weeks after starting my freelance writing business. I don't think that's a coincidence at all. I got really busy, and I just let the gratitude journal slide.

Well, I pulled it down off the shelf today and added 15 items for which I'm grateful. It felt great. I highly recommend that you try it and see how it feels for you. In fact, it would be great if you would share one of your items with us in the comment section. Let's all tell each other what exactly we're grateful for today. I'll start by sharing my entire list.

Things I'm grateful for on March 16th, 2008:

1. Darling Husband Rob and Baby Dot

2. My business partner

3. Setting financial goals

4. The Scooba

5. Rob being an active parent

6. The bamboo floors we put in this summer

7. Having both of my parents back in the area

8. Dot sleeps well at night

9. Two fun parties yesterday

10. The days are getting longer

11. Maternity leave

12. Enough work to keep us busy

13. The DVR

14. Caffeine-free pop

15. Being able to work via the internet