Just like my idea of listing the things I’m proud of myself for each day, I thought it might also be good to remind myself what I’m grateful for. It can be so easy, especially with depression, to get mired down in everything that’s going wrong and all the things you want but don’t have. 
Negative thought patterns suck.
So, I am grateful for:
- My wonderful husband
- My awesome and supportive parents
- My fantastic friends
- My two kitties
- Having a job – no matter how much I may despise it
- Owning a house
- Having—in the broad scheme of things—my health. I’m not in a wheelchair, I don’t have cancer. Things can always be so much worse.
- Hockey
- Zumba
Just like being proud of myself each day, I think I’ll try to remind myself of these things—even when I’m not depressed.
kept the flowers 