Golden Gratitude - J is for January

J is for January. I love a good excuse for a fresh start. Of course, fresh starts can happen at any time of the year, but with January being the start of a new calendar year, it feels shiny and new.  It is also the month in which my best friend was born. I celebrate her in some way on her birthday every year. National Puzzle Month is in January, and National Puzzle Day happens to be on my best friend's birthday. As much as I love puzzles, I don't think that's a coincidence! And let's not forget about the weather. I love snow, which of course in my part of the world is likely to happen in January.  So for me, there's a lot to love about the month of January.

Your turn! What are you grateful for that begins with J? Tell me in the comments below!

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Golden Gratitude - I is for Ink

I is for Ink. I'm grateful that I'm still able to find ink refills for my favorite fountain pen. I've had this pen for over 30 years, but it wasn't until about 5-10 years ago when I started using it a lot. It's the pen I use most often in my Bullet Journal. It's become my favorite pen over the years. The ink refills come in sets of five and each one lasts a pretty long time, so I don't have to order them often. They come in different colors, but my favorite one for everyday use is dark blue.

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Golden Gratitude - H is for Hoopla

H is for Hoopla. I access Hoopla for free through multiple library systems. Hoopla has movies, e-books, audiobooks, and music. They do have a limited number of borrows per month, which is one reason why I have subscriptions to multiple libraries in my state. That way if I am at my Hoopla limit at one library system, I can use it through another one, therefore allowing me to have more borrows per month.

At some libraries, Hoopla even has Bingepasses that you can borrow for a week at a time and binge any number of options. For example, they have a Hallmark+ Bingepass. You can borrow it for seven days at a time and watch any number of Hallmark movies or shows during that time. You can borrow the Bingepass as many times as you like, as long as you don't exceed your number of borrows per month. Each time you borrow the Bingepass it counts as one borrow.

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Golden Gratitude - G is for Goals

G is for Goals. I love setting goals. For me, it's about the journey, though. Sometimes I meet my goals and sometimes I don't, but without them, I wouldn't accomplish as much as I'm capable of doing. Goals push me to go beyond what I would otherwise think is my limit.

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Golden Gratitude - F is for Found

F is for Found. I'm grateful for having found some notes I made in my Bullet Journal from a few years ago.  It's an idea I had started to explore and I want to revisit it. My Bullet Journal was indexed, so the page I was looking for was easy to find.

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Golden Gratitude - E is for Exercise

E is for Exercise. I'm grateful for all of the exercises that my physical therapist gave me to work on at home. In addition to cardio, I have a good program that works my arms, legs, and core. I'm also grateful simply for the ability to exercise. Now it's up to me to work it all into my days.

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Golden Gratitude - D is for Daybook the DaVinci Way

D is for Daybook. This is something I recently heard of when looking up ideas for my scanner personality. It's not for to-do lists, appointments, etc. A daybook is where you record all of your creative ideas - things you want to do, research, create, invent, etc. You're not obligated to follow through with any of them. It's simply a place to have all of those thoughts in one place. I'm just now learning about this and I'm going to explore it more. The term daybook was first mentioned by life coach Barbara Sher, but she has noted that Leonardo da Vinci kept a book like this.

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