Happy gratitude day!

Yesterday, the New York Times published a series of six-word statements of gratitude, and I thought it’d be fun to try it myself.

Here’s what I came up with first:

• Health. Kids. Partner. Freedom. Options. Fun.

It felt a bit like I was cheating, though, picking six different, giant things.

So I decided to turn each one into its own six-word statement.

Here are those:

• Still reasonably fit for mid-40s.
• Our home is full of joy.
• Her unwavering partnership, support and love.
• My time is mine to control.
• Countless career options to try next.
• Enjoying most of my time, daily.

I don’t typically do a good job of practicing gratitude—I tend to either be too heads-down, or focused on problems and how to solve them.

But I recommend this exercise! It helped me take a beat and realize that despite all my concerns and uncertainty about my life, career, the future, and everything else, I have it pretty good.

• A lot to be grateful for.