How to practice gratitude everyday!

Hi and Happy Thanksgiving!!

This is one of those days that we reminisce about all of the beautiful things that have happened throughout the year. One day that we spend with our families and get to have the whole day filled with love and gratitude.

As I was thinking about Thanksgiving this year, I thought about the practice that I have been doing for the past few months. It brings the thankfulness that we feel each Thanksgiving day to your daily life.

Here’s how I practice gratitude every day of the year:

Write. It. Down.

All of it. The small things. The big things.

I started this habit last year as a result of my slight obsession with Rachel Hollis (ever heard of her?!) She has given me so many tools to change my life! One of them being the Start Today Journal. I did this practice without the journal for the first 6 months or so, and then finally jumped all in and bought the specific journal! You write down 5 things each day that you are grateful for. You may think “okay, that’s easy.” Here’s the deal. It’s super simple, but not easy! You will be surprised to see that you get to the end of the day and can’t remember things that happened that made you smile. The whole practice is meant to make you seek out the small beautiful things in each day. Talk about life changing!

Another thing that I have taken up more recently is something called a brain dump. This is when you sit down at the beginning or end of the week and taking everything out of you brain and put it all on paper. No thinking. All of your to-do’s, all of the thoughts you have had this week, all of your hopes, goals. Literally all of it. This way you can see it, make a plan, and live more in each moment rather than being busy all of the time.

I know these two things have made me live each day a little differently. And I have seen huge changes. This is the perfect time to start! Make it a habit even before the New Year!

Do you have any tricks for being intentionally grateful each day?? I would love to hear it! I’m always looking to put more tools in my tool belt!

Now go enjoy that family time and pumpkin pie!