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[serene]

Been making this list for more years than I can count. It often helps my mood. Other things that help my mood: Partners I can cry on; therapeutic orgasms; friends who put me in a silly mood; friends who really mean it when they say they're available if I need someone to talk to; etc.

(Things that do not help my mood: Friends who talk about suicide and then stop answering their cellphones -- but that is clearly not about me.)



Five things that are good about me:

1. I keep my commitments
2. I have nice hips
3. I am both a good grown-up and able to be childlike
4. I am good at telling people when I like them
5. I'm a good cook

Five things I'm grateful for:

1. My partners
2. An easier month than usual financially, so that money worries don't have to be among my stresses this month, at least not in that can't-pay-the-phone-bill kind of way
3. Neighbors who bring us fresh produce for free
4. My general emotional stability, that makes me able to weather a rough spot without thinking it's the end of the world
5. My friends

Five people or animals who love me without reservation:

1. stonebender
2. someotherguy
3. My mother
4. wtfpotatoes
5. Munchkin The Elder

Five times in recent memory when I was happy/joyful/contented:

1. Just the other day, I was happy for no reason.
2. Today at The Best Temp Job Ever, I felt competent and appreciated.
3. stonebender and I had a nice date on Saturday.
4. Eating sogwife's chicken soup.
5. Eating my own chicken soup a day or two later.

Five things I'm good at:

1. Treating myself well
2. Making toffee
3. Making the best of things
4. Letting other people be who they are
5. Making my boundaries clear

Comments

[jenhowell.livejournal.com]

I'm not supposed to be reading right now, but,

Five Other Things You're Good At:

- giving good advice
- making people you don't even know in person feel truly cared about
- inspiring others with your integrity and warmth
- writing poetry
- giving me hope that there are people out there living life exactly the way they want to and succeeding at it.

I know that internal validation is the most important thing (and this list idea is great, I'm going to remember this for myself), but I figure that some external validation never hurts either.

Love,
Jennifer

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. You do have this way of making me feel really valued. I'm grateful to you for that, truly.

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

You do make the very best toffee ever.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Thanks! And I love your icon (largely because I *hate* the term "freaking the mundanes").