WFH, Pajama Sets & 3000 Readers: My Tuesday Gratitudes

Project 365, Day 89/365

It takes a lot of willpower not to start every blog post lately with “We made it to INSERTDAYOFTHEWEEKHERE.” Each day feels like an accomplishment lately haha. So…we made it to Tuesday! I’ll admit, I go back and forth weekly about Tuesday’s post. It feels gratuitous and self-serving to dedicated an entire day on the blog to things I’m grateful for, but what I found interesting when I first started doing it back in January was that you all reading took to the comment section to write your own gratitudes. I never went into this thinking that would happen, so I kept doing it because I loved seeing what you would write, and part of me thought that if I stopped, I’d be somehow robbing your week of a moment to think about the good things.

Any post where I don’t write a whole long essay feels like a little bit of a cop-out, which I’ve talked about before…I’m working on those feelings. I’m pretty sure this stems from me having worked in digital publishing for so long, where every post had to be something big and clickbaity and it needed to drive lots and lots of traffic or else it would be perceived as a failure. Well, this is obviously not that. If three people showed up on a daily basis, it would be two more people than I thought would show up when I started all of this. Last month, there were nearly 3,000 of you who stopped by Arlyn Says, and just short of 20,000 views across the site. It’s truly hard for me to believe. And it’s only just the beginning. So today, that’s one of my biggest gratitudes. That I gave myself permission to do this, and you all showed up to join me.

Also…

I’m grateful that I feel a bit better today then I did yesterday.

I’m grateful for shows with tons and tons of seasons so I don’t have to mourn the finale too soon.

I’m grateful I’ve had the will power to finish a handful of books so far this year…considering I haven’t read a full book in years.

I’m grateful that every day I sit down to write, even when I think I won’t think of a single thing to say, I always do somehow.

I’m grateful for FaceTime catchups with friends.

I’m grateful for medical professionals who care…a lot.

I’m grateful that I get to work from home right now and this past free fall of a year.

I’m grateful for Charles (always).

I’m grateful for slivers of chocolate chip banana bread and that I was somehow strong enough on Sunday night to whip it up.

I’m grateful for matching pajama sets that bring me more joy than they probably should.

I’m grateful for cordless vacuum cleaners so I don’t have to bend down room after room plugging and unplugging it.

I’m grateful for crisp yet warm spring afternoons.

I’m grateful that I’m 11 days away from 100 days of daily blogging!

See you tomorrow, FOAS. 😉