Last summer, I had the urge to document a particular moment after an evening out. On a piece of cardboard I found at home, I scribbled down this memory in a single bullet point, “buttery buffalo cauliflower from Sparrow,” and then magnetized it to my fridge.

This project, which started as a fun little bullet list that I would add to regularly, and increasingly over time, became something of a gratitude exercise in my life. I soon came to realized how impactful this small act was and started to look forward to adding things to it daily, boiling down events and entire days into a singular moment that stuck out. My cardboard became a messy list of precious memories over 6 months, and a wonderful reminder of how cool life is.

With the entry of the new year, I figured what a perfect opportunity this was to formalize it into a calendar, and share it with others.