Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Thankfulness Challenge

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I will be starting a 3 week challenge to list 5 things each day that I'm grateful/thankful for. I was scanning through Dr. Amen's web site and read that if people make a habit of listing at least 5 things each day they're thankful or grateful for by the end of 3 weeks they will be less depressed and more positive. This challenged me and I decided to use Thanksgiving as my starting point. Sooooooo, tomorrow I will begin to list 5 things I'm grateful for each day. I have listed 5 things I'm grateful for, but not very consitently. Maybe once or twice a week and never three weeks in a row. My mother keeps telling me "attitude of gratitude" which has driven me nuts for 30+ years sooooo now I'll put that theory to the test. Hopefully this blog will be my accountability factor to be consistent. I may list the same things each day but at least I'll be consistent. I may list more than 5 things who knows but I'm excited about trying this experiment. Hope others will join me. Till tomorrow....

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Jan - I admire you! I enjoyed our time together when you moved and it sounded like you and Kevin were headed in a good direction then of spending time daily together doing devotions and singing an old hymn together as I know your love for them and at that time you were speaking 5 things each day that you were thankful for - keep it up - stay strong in the Lord and He will help you on your journey.

Love you bunches,
Merlene