Give thanks.
Our minds are good at focusing on what's wrong in our own lives to the exclusion of what's going well.
And yet when we can notice and appreciate the good in our lives, we often find that more joy is available
to us than we might have thought.
Gratitude has been linked with a wide range of positive outcomes, including better mood, lower risk
of depression, less stress, greater life satisfaction.
And these effects can be seen even with simple short term gratitude practices.
For example, a team of researchers asked participants to write down either things they were thankful
for or some recent hustle's in their lives.
Their gratitude exercise led to greater positive emotion, a more positive view of one's life and greater
optimism about the future.
Gratitude also makes us more likely to help others, even at a cost to ourselves when we realize our
own coffers are full.
We're more willing to share with others.
Our attentional systems are more sensitive to changes, and the things we have all the time become lost
in the backdrop of our life when we decide to practice gratitude, what often surprised by how much
we have to be thankful for.