A few weeks ago, after clicking a post from one of the pages I follow on Facebook, I started clicking around (like you do) and saw an older post that suggested doing a small thing every night before bed: writing down three things that went well that day and why they went well.
Now ... that sounds kind of like a gratitude journal, except that a gratitude journal can be vague and/or repetitious. At least, that's what has always kept me from keeping one. After all, how many times am I going to write down that I am grateful for a warm home without feeling it feeling repetitious and meaningless? (I am, though. Don't get me wrong. A warm home is a thing of awesomeness.) But these are specific good things that happen every day, so by their very definition, they are different from each other.
The point of this exercise, supposedly, is that it will help cultivate happiness. Well, I shall see, as I intend to try it, starting tonight, for a week at least. I bought a little notebook that I'll put in my nightstand drawer, and ... well, even I can manage to do something for a week.
So anyway, I thought I'd share the idea and the link in case anyone else might like to give it a try.
Now ... that sounds kind of like a gratitude journal, except that a gratitude journal can be vague and/or repetitious. At least, that's what has always kept me from keeping one. After all, how many times am I going to write down that I am grateful for a warm home without feeling it feeling repetitious and meaningless? (I am, though. Don't get me wrong. A warm home is a thing of awesomeness.) But these are specific good things that happen every day, so by their very definition, they are different from each other.
The point of this exercise, supposedly, is that it will help cultivate happiness. Well, I shall see, as I intend to try it, starting tonight, for a week at least. I bought a little notebook that I'll put in my nightstand drawer, and ... well, even I can manage to do something for a week.
So anyway, I thought I'd share the idea and the link in case anyone else might like to give it a try.