For everyone in the US celebrating today: Happy Thanksgiving!!
For everyone else: Happy Day of Thanks!! 😃
Letâs celebrate by recapping three great ways to boost your gratitude today.
First, we have our standard Gratitude Practice.
Remember: Science says that simply writing down five things youâre grateful for once a week can boost your happiness by as much as 25%!
(TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT! Thatâs kinda amazing.)
So⊠What are you grateful for?
Letâs take a moment and count the ways:
1. _________________________________________
2. _________________________________________
3. _________________________________________
4. _________________________________________
5. _________________________________________
(Nice!)
OK. Our second way to give Thanks: Grateful Flow.
We have our genius Tools friends Phil Stutz and Barry Michels to thank for this one. (Thanks, guys!)
Phil and Barry tell us that Optimizing isnât some abstract thing you do when youâre feeling inspired, itâs all about having a tool you can use RIGHT IN THE MOMENT when you really need it.
Grateful flow is best used any time youâre feeling anxious or stressed or overwhelmed or depressed or anything like that. When weâre feeling that way, they say itâs kinda like a dark cloud is rolling in over our lives. In those moments, Step 1 is to notice the ick rolling in and Step 2 is to turn on your Grateful Flow.
Specifically, IN THAT MOMENT of overwhelm, think about all the little things in your life that are awesome. It can be something as simple as appreciating the computer youâre typing on or the air conditioner thatâs keeping you cool.
We just want to swap our focus on the ick for a focus on the awesome. Remember: Itâs LITERALLY impossible to be simultaneously both grateful and icky. (Donât believe me? Test it!)
So, we have Gratitude and Grateful Flow.
Our third way to give Thanks?
In Barbara Fredricksonâs words: âGratitudeâs generous cousinâ: Celebratory Love. Donât just appreciate all thatâs awesome about your life. Get fired up about how other people around you are rockinâ it!
Actively look for things to celebrate in others. Science says: Thatâs wise.
For now: Think of a loved one (or two or three). Whatâs awesome about them? CELEBRATE THAT!
Gratitude. Grateful Flow. Celebratory Love.
Theyâre fantastic Optimizing practices for every day of the year and especially for today.
AndâŠ
Iâm grateful for YOU. Thank you for your support. Iâm honored to be a part of your life and couldnât do what I do without YOU.
Thanks! Thanks! And Thanks!
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