Hey all! Let’s get started on this week’s article.
So the topic of this article is basically on the age-old truth that we humans tend to take what we have for granted and don’t truly appreciate their worth because we’re only focused on what we do not have.
This distorted reality is one of suffering rather than joy, disillusion rather than gratitude.
Now, some lack that I might relate to would be not having work that deeply resonates with me, or not having people I deeply resonate with.
For me I was actually also feeling some of this lack yesterday, being in a lower mood than usual. At night though, the thought struck me: Hey, aren’t there any good little things in life that I can be happy about?
It was incredible. So within like 5 seconds I had thought of some pretty amazing things. And hey! Guess what! I had been totally overlooking their awesomeness! No, instead, I should really be feeling gratitude for them!
So in a sense I think I might use this article sort of as a gratitude journal too lol. I guess. Anyway, here goes.
The first nice thing yesterday, almost the very first thing I did when I woke up, was daily Wordle, and I got a Wordle-in-3. Now, my average is more like 4 words, and sometimes it even hits 5, so 3 are the rare winners.
Next, having completed Korean units on Duolingo daily for the past 30 days, yesterday I finally completed all 30 units of Section 2 and stepped into Section 3! Yay! Polygot ambitions heh.
Now this is just a casual thing I did when waiting for dinner to come, but I did a few Crossmath puzzle things to exercise my processing speed and now I’m in the top 7xxxx people iirc. Nice! I’m sure I’ll make it to the top 1000 eventually lol. The leaderboards start from 100 too. Hmm. Well.
To be honest yesterday I was kinda feeling low and skipped Dancefitme and post-lunch walking… or rather delayed it. Because I still managed to achieve it in the end! And it was a good workout for me too! So even if maybe the order of the activities was not as I would have envisioned, I still!! managed to get it all done yesterday. Nice. And wow the DFM I exercised before dinner was 19 whole minutes too. And ex-ed my core well. 5k steps get.
Yesterday after lunch I just gave up on everything and went to play a computer game instead, League of Legends (LOL). Now see, the thing is that I once got Gold rank there before at my peak. Still, it’s been abysmal ever since. But then see, now they’ve got this update where they place players in matches with other players of their true rank. And it is hilarious!!! mildly so at least when I as a Bronze keep habitually getting placed in the same games as Golds and Platinums lol. And yeah, I am rather satisfied in my performance in some games yesterday though….
I was lazy so I just played support lol. Winrate yesterday good still. Actually thoroughly wrecked opponents in lane in last 2 games!
What else? Hmm.
I think we should be really grateful for… let’s not even use the term living in answered prayers. Instead let’s use living in blood, sweat and tears shall we lol. Because you see, we can literally be living in something that we worked so hard for to build up, that would have be so thoroughly unimaginable to a past version of ourselves! And of course this is super true for me too. I mean, now I’m a healthy lifestyle person wrt exercise. Previous me? Lol. Literally failed IPPT regularly. Hah.
Maybe 1 year ago I was still at the point where I had kind of forsaken novel reading. Now? Hah. A week or two ago I caught up to the latest chapter of all the webnovels when I’m reading. Then I stopped there to follow the daily updates. Didn’t want to get sucked into the trap hole of binge reading forever by starting a new webnovel even though I have 2!! ready and at hand. And maybe 4, 5 days ago? I started a new one. And man, I’m loving it. 🙂
And again, regarding exercise, I started cycling again a few months back. I would never record distance in the past. I suppose maybe I didn’t care. But now it matters to me! And on Friday I said hmm, I’ve been doing 10km for a while now. Maybe I’ll set 15km as my next goal. And wdyk? Or Saturday, the very next day, I hit 15.01km lol. And yes, I was truly surprised and it really rocked my heart. Though, umm… fever in the early hours aww…
Anyways. Also, definitely got to mention how the first day of the new semester of the theatre class will be in literally two days. And I’ve kinda super looking forward to it too.
And yesterday I had an amazing dinner too. I indulged a little and ate Western heheh.
So all in all, I think I don’t even have to go on recalling what else there is anymore. I feel like from this, the gratitude journal is already very complete.
My greatest takeaway: The process, the journey! Relish every moment of it! Seriously, milk all the little things and their joy for all they’re worth! Let them! outshadow all the perceived lack and such. See! where you’re currently at compared to a past version of you! Rather, feel bountiful gratitude for all you have now that a past version of you would be wide-eyed slack-jawed gaping at. Don’t always fall into the human trap of only! taking things for granted once they are the status quo.
Being ungrateful, not satisfied, then wanting more.
Huh! That’s so last century lol!
Instead, if you’re able to feel the joy even from all the little things, that’s when it’s more or less assured that you’ll be living the happiest life.
As opposed to? Why? Just letting them pass by with a disgruntled feel, thinking ‘well that’s just how it is’! Okay moving on! Don’cha see! Seriously!! Please! You’re not truly living in the moment! No.
Instead, you’re living in illusion. You’re living in a too frenetic pace that you don’t slow down and stop to see everything that is good. Calm down. Be present. See all that you have, all the blessings that surround you. Just stop for a moment. Know that they’re bricks upon bricks that you yourself!!! once so painstakingly stacked up, oh so heartfelt.
And that is the power of true gratitude.
With that in mind, I’ll end the article here and I hope that I’m not left with too much imposter syndrome from it because I totally am just writing freestyle here without any plans in mind, and I sure hope the article isn’t too short. In any case, I suppose this is as crucial a life lesson that isn’t this widespread integrated thing already, so I suppose it’ll do. And as for how I could’ve done better on it, I always tell myself this one thing tbh yo.
Consistency wins. Anytime. Consistency over talent even… Even if this is one of my lower quality articles, which I’m not saying it is, overall, it’s a natural phenomenon given that I consistently do produce a range of content over time. Some will be better, and some will be worse. Regardless, it’s showing up that is the most important, and there is the most worth in consistency. Just show up for who you are. Remember this for anything you do.
…I’m just gonna stop here. I’m gonna see the blessing in how I’m putting in the effort for this, feeling the wonder and gratitude at it, knowing that this is already pretty dang amazing! huh, and letting it rest at that. Some days you might not feel the best, but remember, the most crucial element is: what do you still do then? Why, you still show up. And that is what you’ll find distinguishes those who truly… wait, tis ain’t consistency article.
Daimon out! 🙂