Today is my 49th birthday. I’ve made it a tradition to write down the things I’m grateful for – the list being equal to the number of years I’m alive.

Obviously I’m grateful for my family and all the important stuff, but this is just a list of things I really enjoy. It’s not preconceived – I type whatever pops into my head.

Here it goes:

1. Peaky Blinders
2. Burger King
3. The NY Times game, Pips
4. Pinot Noir
5. Thanksgiving
6. Blueberry cheesecake
7. Tim Robinson
8. Peloton – especially Ally Love
9. Coffee
10. Bear Naked Berry Granola
11. Food Lion
12. Post Malone
13. Driving and singing
14. Audiobooks
15. Kind people
16. Funny people
17. Genuine people
18. REAL friends
19. Sweatpants
20. Old t-shirts
21. Detergent pods instead of liquid
22. Mushrooms
23. Taylor Swift
24. Guitars
25. Drums
26. Pianos
27. Tony Dokoupil
28. Kelly Ripa
29. The perfect sidekick, Mark Consuelos
30. The people who dance on Kelly & Mark
31. Arthur Spooner
32. 50 Cent
33. Bic gel pens
34. Number Match game
35. Pluribus
36. Vince Gilligan’s unbelievably creative mind
37. CAVA
38. Taco Bell
39. Old Dirty Bastard (🙏)
40. Homemade cards
41. My family’s sense of humor
42. Chocolate
43. Joan Didion
44. Cam Skattebo
45. Jose Reyes
46. Heated seats
47. Birds
48. Squirrels
49. Scratch offs