Apparently, you can train your brain to be happier by keeping a gratitude journal, so I am giving it a go. My goal is post about 100 things I am grateful for over the course of the year. (This should average out to just a little over 2/week.) However, I am going to try and stay away from the standard family/friends/pets. Please know I absolutely am grateful for my family, friends, and pets. I would not have made it through the past couple of year without each of them. But if I am trying to train myself to be happier, then I want to start recognizing the smaller things in…

Apparently, you can train your brain to be happier by keeping a gratitude journal, so I am giving it a go. My goal is post about 100 things I am grateful for over the course of the year. (This should average out to just a little over 2/week.) However, I am going to try and stay away from the standard family/friends/pets. Please know I absolutely am grateful for my family, friends, and pets. I would not have made it through the past couple of year without each of them. But if I am trying to train myself to be happier, then I want to start recognizing the smaller things in…

Apparently, you can train your brain to be happier by keeping a gratitude journal. I am a little skeptical of this, but my employer health and wellness program believes it helps and gives me points (which I am earning in order to receive 50% off my health insurance deductible next year) for keeping one. And so, I figured even if it does not actually train me to be happier, it is likely not going to make me less happy. And here we start my gratitude journal. My goal is post about 100 things I am grateful for over the course of the year. (This should average out to just a…