Nadia Buckus
An attitude of gratitude is one of the best coaching tools that has had a massive impact on my life. Have you ever felt like the world was on top of you? Like life was getting you down and you felt like nothing was going your way?
You are not alone. We all feel down from time to time, as life challenges and tests us in unforeseen ways. It is easy to just say everything is against us, or nothing is going our way. Yet we have so much to be grateful for every day.
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Often these things are simply outside of our awareness as we are focused on the negative things. Using the attitude of gratitude will help you focus on your blessings. Even when things are really tough, we need to be grateful for what we do have; and focus on the positive.
Before you go to bed every night, write down five things that you are grateful for in your life.
These can include things like:
• Something positive that happened during the day.
• What did you enjoy most about the day?
• Who are you grateful to have in your life?
• List every blessing you have in your life, no matter how big or small.
• Focus on and be aware of all the good things in your life.
You might ask, why write them down and not just think about it each day? It is in those darkest times, that it becomes most difficult to remember the things that are good and only focus on the negative.
By creating your own attitude of gratitude diary, you have something to reflect on when the going really gets tough. Something that you can refer to and realise life is never as bad as it seems. It is in those times when you might just want to give up, that your attitude of gratitude dairy reminds you of the good things in your life.
This may seem like such a simple tool and let me assure you that it can have a huge impact on your life. This is a tool that I would recommend for anybody, from super successful people, to clients with depression.
Why don’t you start your own attitude of gratitude diary for just 30 days and see what impact it has on your life. We have much for which we can be grateful. If you need help with anything discussed in this article or any other problem you might be facing, feel free to reach out on 076 081 9752.
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