Gratitude

Building a practice that focuses on gratitude can enhance your experience of life and shift the balance of your attitude towards the positive no matter what your circumstances. Like anything, it takes practice: repeated actions, not just good intentions. Let’s try it for a month! This challenge offers a chance to build mental and emotional health, a key part of building deep resilience in the face of all of life’s challenges: mind, heart, body and soul.

Habit:
Express sincere gratitude to someone

Daily:
Appreciate something you have (necessities or extras!)
Write down 1-3 things you’re thankful for today in your gratitude journal

To Do:
Start a gratitude journal (on paper or in the cloud)

Reflection:
I had been meaning to try out keeping a gratitude journal for a long time as a part of my ongoing development of a gratitude practice in my life. Making it such a small thing–just a sentence or two every night–proved to be just the right level of accessibility for me. I liked it so much that I am continuing the practice going forward! I think the members of my guild got a lot out of this challenge, too, which is why I’m pleased to revisit the topic once a year or so!