Feeling negative? Need help to create positive thoughts? This little exercise can help you to feel good in the moment…

What am I grateful for today?

Ask yourself this question each day for as many days, weeks, months as you wish. You could just ask yourself every evening; it’s a great habit that will help you to see that even if some things are not so good in life right now, we can still find positives.

Each day, I would like you to think of 5 things you are grateful for. They could be big things, down to the smallest of things you wouldn’t usually think about. That’s it.

It doesn’t take long, but it can be incredibly powerful for the mind. 

It could be grateful for the sun shining when you went on a picnic

Or that someone held the door open for you when you had your hands full

Or that you had a nice meal or saw friends.

Anything you like.



Write them down in the same book or notepad every day. And, importantly, I would like one or two of them to be about YOU. What are you grateful for yourself for?

That you got the cleaning done that you didn't want to do? (grateful for your willpower),

That you did well at work? (grateful for your achievements)

Or that you stopped and gave yourself a break? (grateful for your self care)

You can do this alone or with another as a positive evening exercise that gets you thinking about the good stuff.

Have fun!

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