2017 has been off to a less-than-stellar start, so I thought I'd do a quick "gratitude check" to remind myself that even when times are tough, there are always things to be thankful for:

• Best friends who will talk with you all day (sometimes about everything, sometimes about nothing – and it's always exactly what we both need), go on random adventures when you just need to do something in the sun, or go to Target just to buy dish soap
• My apartment (specifically, the furniture + having family around to help build said furniture)
• Falling asleep on Na's couch (usually, on accident)
• Conversations with Lyft drivers (this is uniquely LA – or, at least, uniquely non-NYC – and also the topic of a future, longer blog post)
• JetBlue Mint status
• Receiving the same viral panda video/image from a dozen different people in one day because my brand is very strong