touch

In Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace wrote: touch all things with consideration and they will be yours. I find that, particularly in the winter, I complain too frequently about trivialities. So on this snow-turning-to-sleet-turning-to-rain day, I’m embarking on the path of good intentions – a gratitude journal.

59

• down time
• wagamama
• staying positive despite injury
• planning small ways to make big changes
• looking forward to swim class rather than dreading it
• sunshine

 

58

• surprise lunch date
• pie, board games, friends gathering for the first time at my new home
• time spent with my roommate
• planning for next year’s resolutions
• going home early from work to clean
• soon: Thanksgiving yoga with Ame and then dinner with Amy, visit from S.lo

57

• hiking and book milling and talking with Heather K.
• 5 6 7 times
• a long weekend of yoga and friends
• imminent Pie Night!
• nice authors who call to check in about their books

56

• afternoon sunlight in my office
• ashtanga with Rochelle
• working on my resolutions
• scheming how to make yogaworks training happen next year
• looking forward to a day out of the city with Heather K
• silly email about my umbrella

55

• old books with Jack – including a book made out of skin, skull bone, and teeth
• support from Matt and Elizabeth
• vinyasa with Kate
• hang out time with Erin
• warm fall rain

54

• headstands
• partying it up with my fabulous roommate, Cyndi Lauper
• my Thierry Ona print hanging above my bed
• a few good breaths at swim class
• improvising dinner
• active thoughtful updates
• felt poppies
• getting back on the submission wagon
• a beautiful, perfect, crisp, colorful fall day for Halloween
• feeling comfortable with asking a student to leave

53

• fire, ghost stories, friends, Jason
• navasana
• learning powerpoint
• cooking more often/leftovers
• seeing Nick and Nicole

52

• fall colors – hello to my color palette!
• attending a photo lecture on Havana y lo entiendo
• inching towards an organized office
• vinyasa with Heather Stewart at O2
• this

51

• being in a room with Dave Eggers – the man is pure inspiration
• wearing a crown
• getting closer to caught up
• Project Runway
• walking and talking and being part of the cooling system
• kidney desk

50

• Ashtanga class with Rochelle and Roni
• teaching some pretty good kids
• the promise of a short work week
• last day at Fenway for ‘09
• keeping with the swim class
• Keir, Kate, and DJ
• ice cream with Dann
• catching up somewhat