If you’re ready to develop a daily gratitude journaling practice, this 30 day gratitude challenge will get you started.
Being grateful for the things that you have in your life right now is one of the best ways to infuse each day with added positivity and happiness. But if you take your good fortune for granted as most of us tend to do, remembering to be grateful can be a challenge.
One way to keep gratitude in mind on a daily basis is by writing the things that you’re grateful for in a gratitude journal. By developing the habit of writing in your journal every day, it’s easy to make gratitude a part of your everyday life.
Why a 30 Day Gratitude Challenge?
As we all know, developing a new habit can be difficult. Research shows that it can take a minimum of 21 days for a new habit to set in, although this time can vary from person to person. So 30 days is a good length of time to help you get started developing your gratitude journaling habit.
To develop your journaling habit it’s important to be consistent and journal every day. However if you miss a day, don’t beat yourself up. Simply get started again the next day.
Developing a habit is a process and taking small imperfect baby steps is better than giving up or than taking no steps at all. The 30 day gratitude challenge is the perfect tool to keep you on track.
5 Reasons to Take the Gratitude Challenge
If you’re still not convinced that a daily gratitude practice will help you, consider these benefits.
1. Increased positivity
Using a gratitude journal gives you a way to reflect on all the things that you’re grateful for in life. Writing in your journal each day about the things you’re thankful for can help you feel less stressed throughout the day.
And when you focus on the positive things going on in your life, you naturally attract positivity. Writing down the things that you feel grateful for also promotes gratitude in yourself and those around you.
Positive things may float around in your subconscious. But as with all types of journaling, when you write them down that it becomes more real.
2. You’ll Sleep Better
Research suggests that writing down what you’re thankful for regularly can increase the serotonin levels that control your nervous system and affect sleep.
When you make an effort to entertain positive thoughts throughout the day, and then spend time before bed writing down the things that you’re grateful for, you feel less anxious and worried.
Taking only a few minutes before bedtime to write down your grateful thoughts can help you sleep better during the night.
3. You’ll feel happier
Taking the time to identify the things that you’re grateful for gives you a way to acknowledge the good things in your life. When you write them down, you get to enjoy the feelings of gratitude you’re experiencing.
A happier perspective affects your life. It results in you building stronger relationships and feeling more comfortable and healthier.
And studies indicate that people who keep a gratitude journal tend to be more optimistic. They also feel much better and are more content with their lives than those who don’t take the time to keep a gratitude journal.
4. You’ll reduce stress levels
Keeping a gratitude journal is an excellent way to reduce stress levels. Grateful people are happier people. And more optimistic people tend to take care of themselves better than those who are less thankful for their existence.
You can also deal with stress better and in a healthy manner. Scientists have discovered that a person who focuses on satisfaction and contentment experiences his body countering stress almost automatically.
An added benefit is that when you no longer feel stressed, you’ll become more grounded and able to face life head-on, no matter what it throws at you.
5. Improved self-esteem
Instead of feeling sorry for yourself or focusing on the negative aspects of your life, focus instead on your blessings and appreciate the good things that have happened.
When you can see and appreciate the good things in your life, you develop an attitude of gratitude. Your self-esteem improves, and so does your outlook on life in general
In 2014, researchers published a study on gratitude. They discovered that grateful athletes trusted their teammates more. It turns out that their enhanced self-belief from feelings of gratitude enabled them to trust their teammates.
It’s not happiness that makes us grateful,
but gratitude that makes us happy.
Sign up for the 30 Day Gratitude Challenge
The 30 day gratitude challenge includes a journal prompt delivered to your inbox every day for 30 days.
After you get your daily prompt, write your thoughts in a journal or notebook. Or purchase the printable 30 day Gratitude Journal or 30 day Gratitude Journal Cards. You don’t need to spend a lot of time. A few minutes early in the morning or just before bed is ideal.
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