For what it's worth

I'll skip the boring bit about where this idea sprouted from, but apparently being grateful for the little things from day to day can have positive effects on your personal wellbeing. This makes sense if you're like me, and:

• Are constantly being told "you don't know how lucky you are"
• Never pause to consider what others have done for you
• Forget somebody as soon as they've given you what you want
• Feel general dissatisfaction although no reasons can be identified

The idea is for you to jot down at the end of each day three to five things that you're thankful for and why. I thought I'd take it on.

• EJ for volunteering to take on editing and referencing solo, so that Mylinh, Jenny and I could write up our lab discussion together
• My dad for picking me up from the station
• The med library's printers for working properly when I printed my notes this morning (they've been acting up for awhile)
• Jez for giving me his black marker I used to write up my SDL answers

I feel very slightly happier. Or do I? It's probably just placebo. Mylinh exclaimed that after taking her "painkiller" during lab today she hardly felt any pain as she dipped her arm into the icy water for the second time, managing to keep it there for a whole minute longer than the first. Then she asked the demonstrator which treatment she received and was told that her tablet was in fact, lactose.