Feeling very grateful today. Mornings are always a struggle for me, but today felt effortless. And by effortless I mean I don't remember waking up but somehow I'm at work, dressed to impress and sipping a green smoothie well before my first patient is due to arrive. I was reflecting on my drive in that I'm really glad I got the position I have now, versus the one that I was going to accept back in the early spring. The difference in environment, and quality of coworkers is marked, and each day at that other job would have been pretty soul-crushing. Working in research, I still have to think about the bottom line, but with regards to results, rather than result$.

On a completely unrelated note, since my move in June I've gone to a few services at the local Buddhist temple, and I'm thinking about expanding my religious understanding a bit. For example, I had some friends who grew up in a Unitarian Universalist church and as a kid I never got it through my head that UU's weren't 'Christian' at least not in the same way that I was 'Christian.' From what I've found online, it seems like something that's worth knowing more about, so I can think about it in an informed manner if nothing more.