Practicing gratitude, searching for things that you are grateful for will lift your spirits and get your thoughts, focus on the things that are working in your life. Focusing on positive things is more than invigorating, it is a self-given gift. And it doesn’t have to be complicated. It is best to do it in the evenings, but no pressure, if you do it in the morning it’s fine too.
Include it as your convenience and bring some regularity into it, like do it each Saturday morning meanwhile coffee time. Start recalling yesterday or the very day you have overcome. Then look back on the duties you have been accomplished, your encounters you have come across, the sudden inputs you have gathered, etc. Give yourself 5-10 minutes to sit with your upcoming memories and emotions.

Instead of opening a journal and trying to fulfill a page with all the things you’re grateful for, try focusing on one or two that really invokes the emotion of gratitude. Write down each on a post-it, the ones that stand out for you, and fold it in half then put it into your Gratitude Jar!

Taking gratitude notes can be uplifting in those smooth phases of our lives and also when it’s used in difficult situations or downright irritating relationships. Ask yourself, despite all the bad, what can you learn from a difficult day or week? What qualities do you admire in yourself or someone else– even if you don’t want to be around them right now? What are you grateful for? Write each onto a post-it. If you start including this exercise from June, you might end up with a full jar by December. Imagine how fun it will be to open those notes up on New Year’s Eve and reading all of them.

Imagine and write down the brightest future for you
Start by focusing on the half glass that’s full
Recall your moments of joy
Avoid social comparison and overthinking
Revisit or meditate on the brightest, most desired future of yours on a regular basis (for example: every Sunday morning)