Sunday, November 22, 2009

gratitude



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Firstly thanks so much for your words and thoughts, they help more than you know.
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On blog rounds I have also been inspired by 31 experiment who is doing a series of posts on gratitude, and ShineaLittleLight's post about thankfulness, which got me onto this super little blog thxthxthx which features a thank you note a day. Like the ones above.
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I also read this week that a study found that after writing down things they were grateful for, after a few weeks people were 25% happier. TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT people!
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So I have a little red notebook, and I will start a thank you list, a bit like 1000 awesome things, every day write a few more in until I get to one thousand. Every day has things in it that I am thankful for, even if they've happen a thousand times before. Every day is full of things I am thankful for, if I look for them, and I will write them down.
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Number one is going to be you.
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5 comments:

shine little light* said...

Eep! Awesome! Sometimes it is so hard to write, but it alwasy leaves me feeling better.

Lexi:: PottyMouthMama said...

You are ALWAYS full of good ideas. I love that.

fen and ned said...

Oh sorry I've nothing intelligent to say on my first visit (doubt I will on any to be honest) But the fart note above is so funny, thanks for making me chuckle out loud!
Sarah x

The Creative Beast said...

glad you are doing better and i love the gratitude journal you are starting - what a great idea!

you might want to check out this site about happiness:
http://www.happiness-project.com/happiness_project/
it's got lots of great info on what makes people happy and it's different for everyone - i like the interviews a lot =-)

Unknown said...

It's amazing the difference that writing something down as opposed to just thinking it can make. Love those notes, think it's an awesome idea!