Day 29: What bill are you most grateful to be able to pay? Pet insurance for my senior kitties. Knowing that I have a wellness plan to help monitor them as they get older, something to help me pay for tests and medicine, is extremely comforting as my children into crankster elders. Day 30: What…
Day 27: What are you most grateful for in your country? I live in the United States. Do I really need to say anything more? (i.e.: This place bloody blows.) Day 28: What about your home are you most grateful for? I’m grateful that it is my first home and that it allows me to…
Day 25: What are you most grateful for in your city? Aside from adopting my kitties here and meeting Sir Besty, absolutely nothing. My city is laced with atrocious memories of the worst parts of my life. I can’t wait to move away one day so that I can start fresh with a clean, healthy…
Day 24: What about social media are you most grateful for? The people that I’ve met who have become comrades in content creating and other shenanigans. I’m also grateful for the opportunities it provides in networking, such as finding resources about literary agents and and being able to collaborate with other content creators. In this…
Day 22: What Thanksgiving memory are you most grateful for? Turkey Day 2018. I don’t believe in the sentiment of Thanksgiving because of its fucked-up history, however, last year was the very first time that I cooked a large meal all by myself for me and Sir Besty, and we celebrated it not as Thanksgiving,…
Day 21: What small item that you use daily are you most grateful for? My glasses. Now that I think about it, my glasses would also probably be my splurge item that I’d be grateful for if gifts didn’t count. I spent a little extra to get my favourite brand while they were on sale;…
Day 20: What are you most grateful for in your daily life? My pets. Sir Besty. My relationship with Boss Man (as cheesy as it sounds). ONE OK ROCK. I’m most grateful for them in equal measure. The first two saved my life and helped me keep fighting for a future, no matter what it…
Day 19: What splurge item do you own that you are most grateful for? Does it count if it was a gift? Because I know this was a definite splurge item for the person who gave it to me. It’s a signed first-edition of Haruki Murakami’s Colourless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage given…
Day 18: What trait do you have that you are most grateful for? My ability to write succinct synopses for books or other media I consume. Recently, while working on my first query letter, I’ve obtained a brand-new appreciation and respect for just how bloody difficult this feat can be. It took much practise, and…
Day 17: What about your job are you most grateful for? Considering that my full-time job at the moment is blogging about books and anime, I would have to say the practise in writing and expressing myself creatively, as well as all of the people I’ve met along the way. Those are the two qualities…
Day 16: What band are you most grateful for? ONE OK ROCK. I discovered them when the first film in the live-action Ruroni Kenshin trilogy released. They performed the theme song, “The Beginning,” and it changed my life. I was in a terrible living situation during that time, and that song reminded me so much…
I loved the first two questions this time around, as they were relatively easy to answer, but that third one took me deep into parts of myself that I like to avoid thinking about. The challenge is definitely forcing me to find positivity and gratitude in places that I would otherwise hide from. Good job,…
These three prompts made me feel very nostalgic today, and they also put me into a film-marathon mood. If I didn’t have to do research for world-building, I’d definitely be watching films! Hmmm… maybe I can multitask! For more information about the challenge, you can visit my Day 01 post here. Day 10: What are…
Welcome to more of the 30 Days of Gratitude Challenge. I didn’t share anything over the past couple of days because I took them off to celebrate Eid with my family, which consisted of Sir Besty. Even though it was my mini-vacation, I still ended up working majority of the time. The joys of being…
Welcome back to day two of the challenge. Today’s question had me pondering for a long time. It really puts all of life’s current advancements into perspective and how lucky many individuals are to even have access to such conveniences and amenities. It definitely changed my outlook on much of my surroundings. If you’d like…