u/flaxseedyup

I am grateful for having a back and forth with this family friend of ours. This guy has the same obsessions about pens as I do and we connected over that. He’s a very genuine person.

I am grateful for The Strokes. Love this band, definitely in my top 5 favourite bands of all time…maybe in my top 3. I love the retro feel and Julian’s vocals are v cool

I am grateful for air conditioning. It was a pretty warm day today, but I really enjoyed turning the air con on and directing the air to the windscreen vent to cool the whole car down

I am grateful for colour theory. I love how different colours can work together, especially with clothing. I’m really into odd combinations of colours these days that somehow end up working together quite well

I am grateful for cats and birds. They are amazing pets. I wish to have them as pets again in the future…right now it’s just nice looking at them on Instagram

I am grateful for the Uniball Signo 307 pen. I love this so much, I love how smoothly it writes and how controlled my handwriting is when I use this pen. It’s a true joy to it when I journal

I am grateful for specialty coffee. I have found a really incredible coffee place in my home town where I love going. They have such a wide selection of beans and they are all super smooth just the way I like it. It’s such a Heidi’s experience drinking their stuff and you can smell them freshly roasting the beans at the back of cafe

I am grateful for the trickle vent window in my bedroom. I love sleeping in a coolish room

I am grateful for this band I discovered recently called Julie. I love the tone of the guitar and the frantic drumming. If they were around in the 90s they would probably have been huge

I am grateful for talking head YouTube videos where people just share their thoughts and there is no fancy editing. I really enjoy this format. It feels intimate and has more of an art house feel to it

20/04/ 2026

I am grateful emergency healthcare in the UK. My dad came into hospital today after a bit of an alarming episode this morning. Not the fastest service but the consultants here know exactly what needs to be done in terms of biopsy and treatment which has calmed my dad’s symptoms

I am grateful for the kind Japanese guy I met randomly in this takeaway in London. He had really cool shoes on and when I asked what brand they were he said “oh I don’t know” at which point I thought he was going to walk off…but instead he took one shoe off to read the label inside and then read it out to me. And now I own those very same shoes!

I am grateful for car stereos…one of my favourite ways to enjoy music is to sing along to stuff while driving. Love how immersive the car stereo experience is as well. I actually think I’ve become a better singer by doing this

I am grateful for resilience. Despite me having a terrible relationship with my dad I still try and do my best to maintain a relationship and help him as best I can. It’s a strained relationship but I try my best.

I am grateful for free coffee I was given earlier. It wasn’t the most delicious cup of coffee I ever had, but I was so tired when I got into the hospital with my dad and it was a nice little pick-me-up

I am grateful for custard cream biscuits. I thoroughly enjoyed dunking the biscuit in my boiling hot coffee today and and eating it. Pretty delicious really

I am grateful for the fresh feeling after a shower. Also it’s so nice having a shower every day. A real pleasure for me

I am grateful for having health and energy

I am grateful for having clean clothes and having access to a washing machine to make sure I always have access to fresh, clean clothes and underwear

I am grateful for clear night skies that allow me to see the light from stars that are billions of miles away

I am grateful for having an imagination. Imagination adds colour to life

I am grateful for my next door neighbours at my dad’s house. He’s not been well and they always bring food round for us to eat. He doesn’t even show them any love, he detests them but they keep showing up for him. They are kind people - the whole family is

I am grateful for Telegram. I have set it up by creating many private Channels in which I am the only member (to do list, important notes, scrapbook, ai learning, chess more, journal, voice notes / music ideas etc). Essentially each Channel is part of a wider second brain. I’ve been using this method for about 6-8 years now.

I am grateful for resourcefulness. If I am focused I can come up with solutions to problems. Not that it should matter that much, but it is reassuring at least when I’ve had people in the past say to me “how did you do that / figure that out? when tackling problems at work

I am grateful for fiction books. I like surreal writing. Something that comes to mind is the parts of The Beach by Alex Garland where the Daffy Duck guy pops up in chapters. Super trippy and beautiful prose. I really enjoyed that book