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My #3good things

* Writing these down makes me aware of how I could probably write a very long list of good things.

* I just need to notice good things as often as possible.

* Write good things down as soon as I can. It helps with imprinting them on the brain.

#3good things from yesterday:

- First thing in the morning I got a powerful hit of gender euphoria that put a spring in my step for the whole day. Damn, I love being me.

- My new old ThinkPad ordered in December finally arrived. I'll still faithfully stick to my current as daily driver, but this one has a HDMI port and is light enough that it won't use up an entire Jetstar carry-on allowance.

- Made a great curry and sensibly ate ½ of what I dished out. Still ate too many pappadams, though.

#3Good things today:

- Bought some stuff online that was not practical and just to make me feel good. (As though feeling good isn't practical.)

- Fantastic U3A philosophy discussion group this afternoon. I always characterise us as old and opinionated, but we're also smart, witty, and lovely. I'm getting teary just thinking about it.

- Made some repairs to an undergarment that was stabbing me with bits of metal, using only needle, thread, bad eyesight, and unsteady hands. It held all day!

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* Attending principled nonviolence group.

* Watched film The Thing With Feathers

* Sunshine

Dear Hardcore Friends, 🖤

Good news:

- People are good. With Big #Hearts. More often than not. Given a chance ❤️
- Bougher... or is that Power hungry are very often knot. And can get knotted if rotten to the roots 👅
- War has been declared #illegal. Oh wait that was, is and remains the #MLK #Peace Dream 💤
- Woke up younglings are the Peaceniks, #anarchists and agents of #changelings 🏴 🕶️ 🥰
- Offal is not awful [#lobster top tip for failed #frugal vegans] 🦞

and now for #3good things

1. Me. I am a very good thing. Almost #excellent if not better or battered 😉

2. It is #Spring in London and the bunnies will be hopping and #hoping through the #garden #allotments 🐰

3. Three is a magick number. #Bless you All. Go in Peace and 'be most excellent to each other'. 🌈 🦖 👻 💌

3GoodThings and The Joy of Being Part of the Crowd

It was a good day to work from home for sure. Around lunch the posts on Teams talked about there being freezing rain happening to the north of us with treacherous roads happening soon and direction for people to leave early if they wanted. I had a dental appointment downtown so I wasn’t so worried – I’d take transit for that but had I biked to work I might have given those studded tires a real stress test.

Here are my good things for today:

1. A lot of my non-work trips are on the subway line. Our new apartment is less than 5 minutes away from the subway station so even though my appointment was downtown, I was only out in the weather for about 10 min total. The rest of the time was spent sitting and reading in a warm subway. I was warm and I didn’t even have to drive!
2. The outcome of the dental appointment was really positive. Everything looks good. This is really good because in my younger years I didn’t take care of my teeth well at all. Now I’m doing a bunch of remediation in the hopes of keeping as many teeth as I can for life. So far the possibilities are looking pretty good.
3. People are nice in lots of small ways. Yesterday Sage and I stopped at a shop that does shoe repair and making keys (why is this a common combo here?) to pick up a colour-coded cover for one of Sage’s keys. It was $0.50 but we had no cash. The charge for debit was as much as the item. He told us to just take it and pay back later but we both were not sure when we’d be back and didn’t want to forget so we said no. Today I passed by on my way to my appointment to pick it up. He scolded me for not taking it – “You should have taken it yesterday! I felt so bad!” when I told him I wasn’t sure I’d be back soon he said “That would have been fine!” Which, yes, it was only fifty cents but the sentiment, trust and humanity (not following the corporate procedure) were really nice.

Good things in the world:

Sometimes it isn’t kindness or even singing that brings us together but common experiences and whimsy. Groups like “Improv Everywhere” are known for this with all sorts of art interventions. This one they’ve done 19 times! Their mp3 experiment has tons of strangers in one common place listening to an mp3 that tells them to do certain things starting with something that identifies them to each other. It’s pretty fun to watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHzGANh_cPE

Something I’ve learned in both improv classes and psychology classes is the power of mirroring as relates to connection. If we start doing similar things to someone else, sitting the same, for example, we feel more connected to each other. Sometimes it happens the other way too – if we feel connected we unconsciously mirror them.

Just last week in Antalya, Türkiye, a group called Youth Eurasia gathered for “Youth Gate to Prevent Hate” and staged a kindness intervention. They went out en masse and gave out flowers to strangers with messages attached like the ones in this post. In both Turkish and English they said things like “You’re doing your best, take a moment to appreciate yourself”, or “You look great today”. You can see how that went here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4tmtpraC3I

Improv in Toronto was a group inspired by “Improv Everywhere” and even tried some of the same things. One of my favourite interventions of theirs, though, was the “Umbrella Taxi Service. Participants waited until a really rainy day in August of 2012 and then showed up at Bathurst Station with identical “Umbrella Taxi Service” t-shirts and umbrellas. Then, they just started helping strangers without umbrellas get to and from the station. Simple and beautiful.

https://youtu.be/skuw4R4wlDU?si=_fhesjosz1gNs8L8

While it feels like these sorts of things happened more in the past, I’m glad to see some people are still carrying on with it. Maybe it’s the current aversion to “being cringe” which to me seems like an aversion to being earnest and genuinely enthusiastic about something” but with any luck whatever the reason, we’ll see more things like this in the future.

Take care and don’t forget to check out “Advent of Joy” and find an act of kindness or self care to do every day this month. Today the thing that came up for me was “Practice good posture while sitting or standing.” which was hugely apropos when I read it just now. Currently I’m sitting with my bottom near the front edge of the chair, having slid down low in my desk chair. I’m using a big Rubbermaid bin under my desk as a footrest. OK, now I’m sitting up. Sorry for that!

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1.I cleaned my house, got a shower gave my partner two massages lasting 1.5 hours each, played with kitties, and did laundry, did 6 litter boxes, picked up medicine, and walked the dog twice already and fed the dog twice, I’m pet sitting.
He’s not near the cats. In the past. 24 hours.
2. I found some new music I like from new singer/songwriter
3. I got two books

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❄️ The AC unit is here! Ready to be installed.

💸 Paid a lot of bills, and managed our overall money. It's looking good so far.

🎮 Achieved a lot of progress in Torn City.

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🍴 Ate a really good fast food dish.

📚 Chilled out at the apartment's library with my husband while drinking soft drinks.

❄️ One-day closer to getting an AC for our apartment, it's finally going to be habitable without ~80% humidity inside.

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💰 Finally payday!

💸 I got to pay almost all of my bills, except utilities (the invoice is not yet shared).

🍴 Ate at an upscale local restaurant with my husband. It was so expensive compared to cuisines of the same kind in different places but gosh the QC for the ingredients is excellent.

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🛒 Restocked some personal care stuff that ran out, bought a new lamp for my pantry area, bought a proper swimming trunk for my husband.

🏁 All my pupils' projects are starting to get finalised and one step closer to completion.

📆 <24 hours to my payday.

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👙 Went swimming after work with my husband, we exercised a bit and I did some neck/shoulder/back muscles & hamstring stretching.

💰 My husband's payday is today, so I got money to put into our sinking funds due to him sending his portions for mortgage & auto loan to me.

📆 <48 hours to my payday.

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🧼 My new body wash has arrived and it smells so good, sea salt & mint. And it's cheap too!

📆 Two more days to payday.

💓 Having an understanding husband who doesn't mind handling my mood swings and period cramps frenzy during my menstruation cycles.

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🎮 Finally finished HSR Trailblaze Mission until the most updated version.

🩸 Having a regular menstruation cycle.

🔥 My bootleg Flaming Hot snacks have arrived. I can finally taste the flavour that I love — without spending 10x the price for the original due to not being available in my country.

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🎮 Did a good progress with HSR quests.

🚿 I showered properly today.

📉 My weight is finally stabilising again.

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🌳 Switched my search engine to Ecosia, knowing I can contribute towards planting trees and reforestations.

🎮 Finding a lot of joy in playing HSR again; I've been consistently farming on the daily and I even finished several story quests.

🎧 Being alive in the same lifetime as Ayesha Erotica and other amazing, modern hyperpop artists.

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💒 My husband & I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary by buying our favourite drinks at the vending machine and dipping our toes in the swimming pool.

💸 I finally paid my new apartment's first ever service charge fee, lasting until March.

🎮 I did several MoC difficult stages on Honkai: Star Rail and got a decent amount of stars.

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