As I traveled to Lisbon yesterday, I took time to think about what I am THANKFUL for and decided to do the Thankful 100 List which a friend had done in his blog. This seemed so easy at first as I am so Thankful for each day I get to wake up but as I went along it got a little tricky. I may not be the most positive person but I do realize that I am truly blessed. Hopefully will be able to look back on this and live less selfishly and more in the moment as I move forward.
Here is my list and I hope you take the time to do the Thankful 100 as it is truly eye opening.
1. Being able to wake up in the morning
2. My amazing little family
3. My incredible extended family
4. My full of spunk Grandma who has taught me so much about life
5. Simplicity
6. Quiet evenings at my Grandma’s farm
7. Chai Tea in the mornings
8. Music
9. Inspirational Books
10. Therapy
11. My awesome Co-workers
12. My job
13. My health
14. NDSU
15. Mentors
16. Cozy hooded sweatshirts
17. Photos
18. Sunday morning snuggles with Jocey
19. My faith
20. Officiating
21. Track and Field
22. My alone time
23. Roadtrips with family
24. Coffee Shops-The Lighthouse
25. Writing my Blog
26. New and Old Friends
27. Inspirational Movies
28. Quotes
29. Colored pics by Jocey
30. Running
31. Getting the mail
32. Traveling for work
33. Laughter:)
34. All my fabulous employees that worked for me at the Wellness
35. Rollerblades
36. Concerts
37. School shopping in Albertville with Family
38. North Dakota State Fair with Family
39. Giving presents
40. Special Olympics
41. Root Beer Floats
42. Meditation
43. My planner
44. Mizuno Running Shoes
45. Dancing
46. Shinedown
47. Rockband
48. Cookie Dough Ice Cream
49. Summer Nights under the stars
50. Swimming Pools
51. Netflix
52. Tattoos
53. Coloring
54. “The Lion King” movie
55. Positive people
56. My MP3 player
57. Working Out
58. “The Arrow”
59. Sweatpants
60. Olympics
61. Bison Football
62. Quiet Moments
63. My mom’s cooking/baking
64. Those last moments before you are no longer able to see them
65. LOVE
66. Childhood memories
67. Tears
68. The bad times as I have only learned more from them
69. 80’s Music
70. People who support me no matter what
71. Jon Gordon Books
72. Random Fun
73. Dairy Queen: My first real job with an amazing boss
74. People who listen to me even though they might not want to!:)
75. Reading
76. Hot Showers
77. Cinnamon Toast Crunch
78. Reading to Jocey at before bed
79. Four-wheeling
80. Quite walks
81. Fargo Marathon Kids run
82. Student Staff BBQs
83. TED Talks
84. Inspirational People like Zach Sobiech
85. Candyland and Monopoly
86. Cozy Blankets
87. Walking in the rain
88. Playing basketball
89. State Track Meet – met amazing people
90. Roller Coasters
91. Rainbows after the storm
92. The fort by the creek
93. Ice Skating with friends
94. Weddings to see family
95. Young and the Restless and Bold & the Beautiful to escape reality:)
96. Hand written cards
97. Candlelight
98. Planted flowers of all different colors
99. Volunteering my time
100. Lying in Jocey’s bed before bedtime with lights out and staring at her stars on the ceiling and talking about our day!:)
I know most of these are random and all over the place. As you noticed I didn’t put down things like air, water, and etc… for a reason. I am sure I missed really important things but this what I came up with in no specific order.
I think writing this list has given me perspective once again how important life really is and that we need to live in the moment. It has been a rough year but I am trying to be more positive as I obviously have a lot to be Thankful for.
What’s your 100???
Music of the day/trip was Theory of a Deadman as they have amazing songs, take a listen below:
Angel-Savages 2014
Livin My Life Like a Country Song-Savages 2014
By The Way-Scars & Souvenirs 2008
World War Me-Savages 2014
Bonus Song: Counting Crows-I use to have this song on repeat, just love it!!:) Enjoy!A Long December-Recovering the Satellites 1996
Until Next Time………..
Traveling With Jo 