Practicing gratitude is an important aspect of maintaining a positive and healthy mindset. Here are ten different ways to practice gratitude:
1. Gratitude journal: Keep a daily journal in which you write down three to five things you're grateful for. This helps train your brain to focus on the positive aspects of your life. 2. Gratitude jar: Keep a jar in a prominent place in your home. Every day, write down something you're grateful for on a small piece of paper and place it in the jar. Over time, you'll have a collection of positive memories and experiences that you can revisit whenever you need a boost of positivity. 3. Gratitude meditation: Set aside a few minutes each day to sit in a quiet space and reflect on the things you're grateful for. You can also use guided meditation apps or videos to help you focus on gratitude. 4. Gratitude letters: Write a letter to someone who has had a positive impact on your life, expressing your gratitude for their contributions. You can choose to send the letter or simply keep it as a reminder of your appreciation. 5. Gratitude walks: Go for a walk and use this time to notice and appreciate the beauty and abundance around you. This can help you develop a deeper sense of gratitude for your environment. 6. Gratitude prompts: Use prompts to help you think about different things you're grateful for. For example, consider a person, an event, or a place that you're grateful for each day. 7. Gratitude partner: Find a friend or family member who is also interested in practicing gratitude. Share your daily gratitude lists with each other to help keep each other accountable and motivated. 8. Gratitude reminders: Set reminders on your phone or leave notes around your home with messages of gratitude to help you stay focused on the positive aspects of your life. 9. Gratitude affirmations: Create a list of positive affirmations related to gratitude and repeat them to yourself daily. For example, "I am grateful for my health, my friends, and the opportunities that come my way." 10. Gratitude challenges: Participate in a specific gratitude challenge, such as a 30-day gratitude challenge, where you commit to practicing gratitude in a specific way for a set period of time. This can help you establish a habit of gratitude and make it a consistent part of your routine.
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Wow, it is August! So much has happen in this year. I took the social media break, went back and social media and feel like I have changed my algorithm. If you don't follow me over on the "Gram", please head over to my FB and like! I post almost daily in the stories, which are linked to Facebook, so you can get all the updates there.
This year so far I have achieve goals and hoping to achieve more goals. The biggest one to date, is getting into a program! I have used the practices of manifesting and visualization, and lucky enough the universe blessed me with my program at a reduced rate and I can take it now, over waiting! I can't wait to share the teachings. The universe blessed me with having an amazing turn out this year in my "9-5" job, well more like "9-2" since I work part time outside of the home. I took the courage to ask for small raise, not only was I blessed with the raise, but a policy was put in place so we don't have to ask for raises! I feel like that was a super goal for everyone I work with. This year has totally been about fulfilling some manifestations. And here we are in unity hitting the end of summer, where August is like the Sunday of summer. August seems to be for me , literally everything hitting all at once. I never seen Sunday's being the end always the beginning, therefore I will take August and run with it. I officially start my program in August and will most likely be doing that for the next couple of years, which I will tell more later in another blog post. In my personal life there is also some huge huge changes, I will be seeing some family members I have not seen and haven't seen in over 30 plus years. So the new beginnings are endless with my family. I am also becoming a parent again! It's a girl! Ok, really, my husband and I are hosting an exchange student from Thailand! We are so excited for our new "daughter" for the next school year. I want to blog about it, so we will see! The program we used is CIEE, I encourage you to please go check them out and if you feel like hosting a student, let me know in the comments and I will help you get to the right people! So August is just the beginning not the end for me! I am heading off in new adventures. So what about this little old site here! Don't worry I plan on addressing that soon, but to give insight, I will be posting more in the blog. Be on the lookout for my plans! I am still working out a few last minute details. This is one Sunday where it's not the end but the beginning! I am ready! So see you soon my stardust friends. ... I have been doing a lot of reflecting this 2018 and as 2019 approaches here in a few short hours, I am on the rise of my priorities. One of those principles in my priorities is changing my own algorithm in life. I have been thinking about algorithms of late due to my own spiritual studies and my upcoming paper I need to write, but most importantly it was the changes in my own life that have lead me.
In the world of social media, social construct of now social media stars are a legitimate business, everyone wants to be in this strange reality of perfection. In life, now via the internet our world is controlled very much like Netflix show of Bandersnatch, the choices we make are a narrative of the choices we make online with our likes, dislikes and shares. Adverts are now geared by our thought process and key words we write or in some strange reality we think. We have devices in our home to ask questions, which in news reports are recording our private moments. Data mining with funny quizzes, surveys and even or DNA. This is the world we live in, the future is very unknown. However, we can change our personal algorithms. By the energies we choose to focus out in the world. We can start small. Being a positive influence, change our negative thinking into positive thinking. Social media is a norm, some choose to live with it. I personally am one of those people. I am very open, I use social media on regular base in my personal life and here on a business side of the house. However, although I probably should use it more in business, I do not. I don't have the budget nor have been a person to self promote. I have always been the word of mouth gal, this is how I have chosen to live my life. I don't strive to be like another person. I have been told, I should be like "insert popular name here as I choose not to name", this quite frankly always bothered me. I would shake my head and say yeah, yeah but deep inside, I am me. I am myself. I want to be know for me just being me, not like some generic comparison. This is how I have in my life, slowly working on my own algorithm. For the month of January, I have decided to take a small social media break on my personal page of the famous social media that now seems to be as normal reading like a Sunday paper. I am still on my personal photo social media platform as that is so ingrained in my being, that makes me whole, I love sharing quotes, positive vibes and random photos. My photo social media is not an "paid influencer", however I do consider myself a positive vibe influencer. That is my personal algorithm I choose to lead in the world. I am choosing to take the month off as a social experiment myself. How will my leaving the world of hearts, likes, sad and angry emojis change the direction of who I see online or what my feed sends to me. I am changing the personal algorithm, that this new world chooses to for me. Taking back a little control in my life, maybe? It doesn't cause me anxiety, however yes, there are days, I get sucked in the rabbit hole and get pissed off about the state of affairs in our world. Thus I see how much, the state of affairs is controlled by big media, misinformation, people not thinking for themselves. I think that is what may make that anger rise, is the lack of control that people are having within their own lives. People not thinking for themselves. Not being authentic. Are we losing our humanity? Changing direction is not easy, but it begins with you. I wish everyone has the best 2019! |
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