What is up everyone? This is Alex Lieberman, co-founder and CEO of Morning Brew, and welcome back to Founders Journal.

My Daily Audio Diary made public for the world, where every day I will give you the listener a backstage pass into

building Morning Brew to help you think better in order to build better. First of

all I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and given the day this episode is going to be a

Thanksgiving themed Founders Journal. Let's hop into it. So I feel like there's the you know the classic act of quickly reflecting on Thanksgiving and you know the obvious things come up when you reflect on Thanksgiving. You're thankful for your family you're thankful for your friends you're thankful for your family, you're thankful for your

friends, you're thankful for your health, you're thankful for your

happiness, and those are all incredible things, right? Those are some of the most

important things in life. But what I took the time to do is I tried to go a little bit deeper and

reflect on some of the non-obvious, unexpected things in 2020 the crazy year that

it's been that I am thankful for. So when I read this list,

know that I am incredibly thankful for my loved ones, incredibly thankful for my

girlfriend, for my friends, for my health, for my happiness, but I'm going to share with you the 10 unexpected things

professionally that I am thankful for. Let's hop into this. The first of 10. I am thankful for being a creator on Twitter, not just an

observer. I have learned so much from this platform and from the people on it just

through the act of creating.

As I've tweeted, as I've replied, as I've deemed, so many interesting conversations

have transpired, some that benefit me and Morning Brew immediately, others that have no benefit

aside from just the pure act of connection and the act of learning.

So I am unexpectedly thankful for creating on Twitter in 2020. The second, I am thankful for

shipped 30 for 30. On a whim, I decided to sign up for Dickie Bush's ship 30 for 30, which is a challenge that allows anyone

to build a writing habit by holding themselves accountable for shipping 30 essays in 30 days.

I feel clearer in thought than ever before.

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