Every Friday is Gratitude Friday here at Monk at Work — a chance for me to express my gratitude all the sources of richness I’m experiencing, with the intention of sharing the wealth.
First off, you’ll notice that there aren’t too many posts between the last Gratitude Friday and this one… and for good reason. It’s been a bit all-over-the-place for me this week, although in all good ways (and I’m grateful for that!).
After being marooned on the desert island of dial-up since leaving Florida and moving to this hamlet in West Virginia, we got highspeed hooked up on Wednesday. I’m all grins… and, watching a bit more YouTube than I probably should. (And for the 3.55% of you who are still on dialup, I’ll never forget you!)
I’ve also been blessed with the opportunity to work with Liz Strauss, of Successful Blog, to hone Monk at Work’s message, and I’m immensely grateful (it’s a strange thing; to have something that you do for others, but can’t do for yourself no matter how hard you try.) And because of that, I’ve been a bit internal, trying to let the clarity integrate and settle. (more about this soon, I promise…)
I would like to thank all my email newsletter subscribers who replied to my question about the format change… so far, the poll is tied, so if you’ve got an opinion, please weigh in!
Other spots of gratitude:
- Tim Ferriss’ blog, for new ways of looking at life
- Dan Pink, same reason
- Ankesh Kothari at BlogClout, because I’m now using two WordPress plugins of his
- and for all the people writing “Learning Edge” posts (I’ll be doing a follow-up on it next week)
What are you grateful for this week?
Images by me and Twentieth Century Fox.
And thanks to all those who commented on the previous post so far: Joanna Young, Jean Browman, Slade, dailytri, Patricia, Judy Murdoch
Funny thing that. Gratitude is a reciprocal feeling isn’t it? thank you, thank you, thank you!
You’re most welcome, Liz! And you’re right, it sure is.
Thank you Adam for thanking me.
Publicly thanking people every week is a very very good idea. Thanks is the fuel that keep people going on.
I have a habit of sending out one thank you note everyday. Will see if I can incorporate something like this in my life too…
Another thank you, Adam. It’s so fun to get notifications that have my name in a headline with the words “High Speed” !!! Too cool !!
I’m grateful for audio books. I’ve had severe eyestrain since I was a teenager and really have to ration my reading. My strategy has been to limit myself to books/articles that require a lot of thinking/page. (That’s one reason I majored in physics in college.) It’s a delight to have people read stories to me. It’s one of the greatest luxuries I know.