For the past 1,644 days I have written down at least three things that I was grateful for from the day. That’s four and a half years. That’s also the longest I have ever done anything with such consistency and commitment. Even when I was sick, didn’t have a the greatest of days, had a surgery, in the hospital or on vacation, I ended each day writing down three things.

I wish I could say that the practice has helped me become more consistent in other areas of my life, but alas I cannot. However, I can say, the practice has helped my positive nature remain positive throughout some pretty rough and traumatic times over the last four and a half years. Even on the lowest of days when I was stuck in the hospital last August for three weeks, I was able to find something to be grateful for and surprisingly a few of them were actually bad experiences — I was grateful for a bad experience with a night nurse and tech, because it helped me realize that I was actually getting stronger and healing. And on a similar vein, there was another day where I was grateful for what I called the “reality check” doc at the time who helped me flip on my bad-assery switch — there’s this thing that gets so fired up in me when some cocky, SOB tells me that I can’t do something. Fun fact, that same doc also earned himself the nickname of Dr. Wanker, which I promise I will dedicate an entire post to at some point.

I guess I could say the gratefulness practice is even helping me to stay positive during these strange times we are living in right now. Either that or I’m just really good at compartmentalizing and choosing to stay mostly blissfully unaware. 😉 But truly, the practice is one that I would encourage anyone to try, because it’s simple and it truly does help with putting you in a better mood.

I’ll leave you with my three things for Sunday, February 23, 2025:

1. I am grateful for a full day of wearing PJs!
2. I am grateful for all the family and friends that I’ve seen and spoken to over the last few days.
3. I am grateful for my home and how I’ve been able to resettle it to make it feel even more homey. 💕