Brilliant piece: I still rally against doing a gratitude journal each day (might push myself to recount #3goodthings before bedtime 😂) even tho my superpower is finding the positives in everything - according to my psychotherapist! But love the science’y stuff and think I’m going to have to dust off my journal and get cracking …
This is a great piece! I never considered how the gratitude journal or list corrects for our negativity bias. Also: a friend of mine taught me the practice of keeping a gratitude list right next to desire lists. In my experience, writing both keeps me feeling showered in blessings but also with a spirit of fiery motivation.
Thank you, this was an excellent read. Intuitively and from my own experience, I know gratitude practice can be incredibly helpful but I didn't know a lot of the back and neuropsychological reasons that you described here. Let's hear it for the goddamn gratitude journal!
Brilliant piece: I still rally against doing a gratitude journal each day (might push myself to recount #3goodthings before bedtime 😂) even tho my superpower is finding the positives in everything - according to my psychotherapist! But love the science’y stuff and think I’m going to have to dust off my journal and get cracking …
This is a great piece! I never considered how the gratitude journal or list corrects for our negativity bias. Also: a friend of mine taught me the practice of keeping a gratitude list right next to desire lists. In my experience, writing both keeps me feeling showered in blessings but also with a spirit of fiery motivation.
Thank you, this was an excellent read. Intuitively and from my own experience, I know gratitude practice can be incredibly helpful but I didn't know a lot of the back and neuropsychological reasons that you described here. Let's hear it for the goddamn gratitude journal!