While I was struggling with depression my therapist had asked how things were going and I could list every terrible thing. Her response was: “The way I see it is you’re winning the battle today. You woke up. You got dressed. You have make up on. You smiled at the receptionist when you came in. You’ve eaten. You’ve let yourself have uncomfortable emotions. You are ALIVE. You need to remember that every day you allow yourself to wake up…you win. I don’t care if all you do is muster the strength to turn on the tv or walk to the couch. Any time you push through YOU WIN YOU ARE HEALING.” And after that she had me start a journal…every day when I was going to bed I would envision myself as a soldier and write what things I had done that day to win my battle. It helped so much.

I got 17 on this list, but some of them I didn’t try until I traveled other places (so brueggers, garbage plates, etc). It probably should have been less. I’m from western ny and we at least have most of this stuff but hey whoever wrote this: WE DONT CALL THEM BUFFALO WINGS THANKS

As a fellow Buffalonian I thank you for this comment! They’re just WINGS!

Ok…one of my earlobes is attached and the other isn’t and only my left pinky is double jointed soooo I think I needed more options haha