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70 Things to be Thankful for

Life is good.

Gretchen Vetsch

Jul 25, 2016

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It is easy to become discontent and agitated with the world today. There's a crap ton of terrible things happening out there. However, the optimist in me refuses to believe the bad outweighs the good.

Here are some things to be thankful for today:

1. Pizza

2. All the seasons of "Friends" are on Netflix.

3. Small dogs

4. Medium-sized dogs

5. Large dogs

6. Pasta

7. Wiiiiiiiiiiine.

8. Caller I.D., because you only have to answer your phone when it is absolutely necessary.

9. Cats are afraid of cucumbers and people film it for your entertainment.

10. Old Hollywood movies

11. The Christmas feeling

12. Days that you don't have to set an alarm

13. Summer nights

14. Bubble wrap

15. Amazon Prime

16. You can read. So, that's cool.

17. The feeling after you laugh for a long time

18. Indoor plumbing

19. Art

20. Llamas are real animals, and I'm not really sure how.

21. Jokes

22. Puns

23. The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

24. Stars on a clear night

25. Dirt roads

26. Montana

27. Naps

28. The whole world can't easily see your "On this day" from 5 years ago on Facebook.

29. Sunsets

30. Sunrises

31. Good friends

32. Good family

33. Kittens

34. How dogs walk when they are wearing socks

35. The fact that they make socks for dogs.

36. Good teachers

37. Waking up and realizing that you still have a few more hours of sleep

38. Not getting stuck behind a semi when you're driving

39. When strangers compliment you

40. 60's music

41. Books

42. Olive Garden breadsticks

43. Clean sheets and a made bed

44. Pinterest

45. Calculators

46. Adventures

47. Nail polish remover because it removes pretty much everything when you make an accidental mess. Not that I ever do that.

48. Fuzzy socks

49. Funny old people

50. Forgiveness

51. People that have good vibes

52. Bubble baths

53. Vodka

54. Vegetables that actually taste good

55. Achieving goals, no matter how small

56. Baby elephants

57. Adult elephants

58. Campfires

59. Cold beer

60. People that are genuinely nice to each other

61. Good morning texts

62. Airplanes

63. Funny dog names

64. Those really soft cookies that are like 3,876 calories.

65. Waffles.

66. When spontaneous plans actually work out

67. Getting off of work early

68. Disney movies

69. Immature jokes

70. Life, because it is pretty cool.

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3. Ask people's pronouns when you meet them.

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6. Stop using the term 'preferred pronouns'.

7. Stop using a transgender or non-binary person's dead name.

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Sometimes, we just can't help the feelings we have

1. Wow. My voice sounds amazing with this song.

2. Okay, if you can't sing, don't do it.

3. But wait, I don't think I can be friends with someone who isn't going to jam out in the car with me.

4. Dance part in the car! Even when I'm alone. Because every song is my favorite.

5. Stop light. Act calm. Be cool.

6. Yes! Green light! Back at it!

7. I don't know this song, but I'm going to sing along anyway.

8. Why am I not famous yet?

9. Being next to someone who can't sing so you feel good about yourself because you rock!

10. OK, I'm so good. I need to sing louder so I can help these people out.

11. My voice doesn't reach some of those notes, maybe I should sit this one out.

12. Randomly bursting out in song and getting weird looks because of it.

13. God, thank you so much for giving me a good voice.

14. Man, I feel bad for people who can't sing.

15. Was I just humming? Did they hear me?

16. Having dance moves to go along with most songs.

17. Not being able to stop yourself at correcting people when they mess up.

18. Maybe I should post myself singing.

19. Nah, can't do it. Dumb idea.

20. Having my own personal concert in the shower. Every single time.

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1. Having time to nap between classes or at all.

2. Waking up 10 minutes before your class starts and making it there in time.

3. Making it to class in general

4. Only having to hit the snooze button three times.

5. When you didn't do the homework and the teacher decides not to collect it for that day.

6. Getting that "I'm sorry, but class is cancelled" email.

7. Finding a quiet seat in the library.

8. Actually enjoying a class and understanding all of the material.

9. Having a friend to eat lunch with.

10. Finishing an assignment before the due date.

11. When there is free food on campus.

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