Today I started doing my taxes.. pulling together all the information that I need to file my tax returns. With a business of my own, and the day job, it can get to be a complicated process. And the process seems to  stretch my brain every year.

I like filing my taxes early, because that gives me a chance to pull together money if I owe the government because I have underestimated my taxes, or the chance to celebrate an early return. It seems to vary each year. One day I will get it all down, and break even come tax time.

The other part about doing my taxes, is that it helps me put the year before in perspective. I have a chance to look back all that I had accomplished. It's amazing what we can each accomplish during a year.

This year, as I am focusing on gratitude, I am able to be thankful for every penny I earned, and every expense I paid, because it meant that I had the income to pay the expense. In a year where a number of people struggled, I can be thankful for the income.

Today I am grateful:

That I am alive and well

that I can do my own taxes

that I had an income that allows me to file an income tax return

        that I did not suffer from boredom today!