Saying Thank You

I get an almost perverse level of satisfaction in saying thank you.

I'm one of those people who say "thank you" when I've helped someone. I feel very smug every single time a colleague leaves my desk after coming to me needing help, and I'm quicker to the "thanks" that common courtesy would have them utter. Ha! It makes me feel gracious. Also like I just won something. I do understand that the winning part does not sound so gracious, but hey, that's the feeling.

Sadly, this whole thanking-business does not always translate to my private life and my family, at least more often than my colleagues, go through their lives un-thanked.

I'm working on it though, thank you very much.