Lemonade: Putting some honesty in 30 Days of Thanks

[author_by_night]

It's the most thankful time of year! The 30  Days of Thanks meme is circulating, some of it touching, some of it explainabragging (we get it, your life is perfect, unless you're overcompensating - but you wouldn't do that), some of it TMI, and some of it so mundane you almost wonder if it's supposed to be sarcasm...

But sometimes life gives you lemons. So have some cliche lemonade, and find out what people would say in their 30 Days of Thanks if they were completely honest with  - and about -  themselves.

Day 1 - I'm thankful for the sun being so bright, and that I didn't rear end the guy in front of me.

Day 4  - I'm thankful for maple syrup; not so much the cavities.

Day 8 -  I'm thankful that for all my life's gone downhill these past few months, I've still got Faith. If only she didn't already have a boyfriend...

Day 12 -  I'm thankful that I finally paid my bills, bills, bills; I'm jumpin', jumpin'.

Day 15 - I'm thankful Austin passed his math test. (65% is passing, right?)

Day 19 - - I'm thankful for the love of my life. Someday, Jensen Ackles will tweet me back.

Day 23 - I'm thankful for my cat. He got stuck in a tree and I had an excuse to call the fire department.  :)

Day 28 - I'm thankful for beer and football, the two things that get people to stop talking.

Day 30 - I'm thankful that the holiday crazines is ov - oh shit, Christmas.

Comments

[leafrider.livejournal.com]

I almost did that meme, but I decided I couldn't commit to being grateful online every day. Just my luck that would be when everything went to crap on me and I completely fell apart. (I really do think that way, I don't like to tempt fate, it has crapped on me before.)

I've kept gratitude journals in the past - private paper journals - and I found them helpful, but I was also a bit worried that something public on FB would become more what I wanted others to read than what I needed to write.

So I guess I'm grateful I didn't do the meme. :P

[author-by-night.livejournal.com]

I've kept gratitude journals in the past - private paper journals - and I found them helpful, but I was also a bit worried that something public on FB would become more what I wanted others to read than what I needed to write.


Honestly, I've gotten that impression from some of my friends who've done it, especially the ones who ALWAYS only post about how amazing and perfect their life is. It's sad in a way, annoying in another - I'm not always sure which I should be! That's a large part of why I wrote this.

And yeah, it IS helpful to keep journals and the like. It's just not always necessary to broadcast it. I should start more privately journaling again... I did a bit of it in my teens, although of course reading them is hilarity.

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

That is good stuff to be thankful for :)

[thekaiserchief.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of this meme before! But your version of it made me chuckle.

[13oct.livejournal.com]

While I am super thankful to a higher being for all the blessings that I have received, I can't imagine having to do this every day. I'd probably crap out three days in.

[kakeochi-umai.livejournal.com]

I like this version! Especially #12, that takes me right back to Year 12. (It's only two jumpin's, though.)