Putting on a clean pair of socks and shoes that fit.
It might not seem like much but it's something I appreciate every day.
Ask HN: What are you thankful for?
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Re: Ask HN: What are you thankful for?
#182-I was laid off ~60 days back. Being on H1B( I'm an indian, who attended school here and been living here since last 10 years) means either I gotta get a job in 2 months or pack my bag. I got a better job and I'm gonna start working on this monday :) - Good physical health, decent mental health. Universe have been very kind to me. I wish this kindness persists and I could become better self of myself. Happy thanksgiv…
In 10 years you could've become a citizen. Just saying
Could've, should've, would've!
I'm not sure you caught the vibe of this thread too well :-)
Re: Ask HN: What are you thankful for?
#183I'm thankful for my parents. Because of their planning, saving, and support, I graduated college despite mental health issues, a "I'm thinking of suicide" note, and breaking off a wedding engagement to move back in with my parents. Now I have a degree in a subject I loved, a nice desk job that encourages me to research and apply new ideas, a wife who is the fiancee I broke up with, and a home in a great school distri…
> Now I have a degree in a subject I loved
Is that "d" a typo or is this a little speck of sadness inside an otherwise heartwarming story?
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#184I'm thankful for my mental health. Seems like these days half my friends are on anti-anxiety and depression medication. I'm thankful for my physical health too. I may be a little overweight but it's still above average for my friend group. I get sick maybe twice a year, certainly beats being on dialysis or whatever. I'm thankful for having a family, someone I belong to, and who belongs to me. I'm thankful for having…
> Seems like these days half my friends are on anti-anxiety and depression medication. I am immensely grateful for my anti-anxiety medication.
I too am immensely grateful for my ADHD medication. I would still prefer to not _need_ them.
Re: Ask HN: What are you thankful for?
#185I am thankful for my family having gotten the opportunity to move to the US from a post-Soviet country when I was young.
Re: Ask HN: What are you thankful for?
#186I am thankful for Free Software, and for all that it has made possible for me and so many others.
Re: Ask HN: What are you thankful for?
#187A lot of things. A loving, healthy and supportive family above all. Good close friends. Good health, mental and physical. Good genetics.
Also, living in our time, in our part of the world, where technology, wealth and opportunity is everywhere. Being intelligent, and having the opportunity to learn and be curious. Having significant economic freedom.
Having had the luck and skill to learn a profession that's well paid and in high demand. Being in a society where it's acceptable to not use all your energies at work, but take significant unpaid time off work regularly. The market economy, which for all its practical drawbacks provides a lot of opportunity for saving and applying my small degree of personal power and influence, to provide good quality of life for those around me and myself.
Also importantly, which might not be mentioned too much in these contexts, a healthy and interesting sex life. Living in a society where there's plenty of space for safely and consentually living out freakier proclivities, and for having the personal traits that make this possible. A society that has space for and accepts sexual minorities, be it queer, trans, kinky or any of the other variations of the well-known mainstream. And many of these people.
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#188I'm thankful for my wife. I fell in love with her when I was 17. I'm 32 now and I haven't stayed more than a week away from her. It's the single greatest source of happiness in my life. I'm thankful for stumbling into a career that has allowed me to make a comfortable living without dealing with the BS of bosses and commuting and wearing stuffy suits. I'm thankful for the internet, for I owe my career to it. If it wa…
Are you me? I met my wife at 17, and will be 32 in a month :)
Re: Ask HN: What are you thankful for?
#189I am grateful for the opportunity I have to be grateful (I am alive!). Every morning, as part of my hygiene, I figure out something I am grateful for. It could be something from day before or anything, I just don't want to repeat and there for be creative! But it help raise awareness not to live life for granted.
I used to do that every night. It's easy to look back and see that even in a shitty day there are things you should be happy for. Somehow, I stopped. Doing it in the morning seems a good idea to start again.
Even better, if you meditate, start your session with gratitude!
Re: Ask HN: What are you thankful for?
#190-I was laid off ~60 days back. Being on H1B( I'm an indian, who attended school here and been living here since last 10 years) means either I gotta get a job in 2 months or pack my bag. I got a better job and I'm gonna start working on this monday :) - Good physical health, decent mental health. Universe have been very kind to me. I wish this kindness persists and I could become better self of myself. Happy thanksgiv…
In 10 years you could've become a citizen. Just saying
That's unduly personal. Please don't do that here.