Recently, I've noticed a lot of the American and Canadian Bloggers that I follow, Talking about celebrating Thanksgiving. In England we don't actually celebrate Thanksgiving so I didn't really know very much about it so I asked Crystal ( You can find her lovely blog here ) and she explained to me that ( apart from eating lots of yummy food ) it's all to do with being with your family and thinking about all the things you're thankful for ! I think this is a brilliant thing to be doing because think how much happier you would be if you were thankful for ALL the little things we have in life. I thought about it and then I decided to make a list :)
Things I'm Grateful For :
- Cats ( They always calm me down and give great cuddles )
- Carrie Hope Fletcher and her endless positivity
- My dads humour and our inside jokes
- That taken aback smiley look that people do when I say "have a nice day" and they're not expecting it
- My best friend kindness
- People who comment nice things on my blog
- Everyone being different but no one being completely alone ( whatever they think )
- Smiling
- My physical health
- Hope
- Authors writing books that make me think ... or make my heart melt ( I'm not picky hehe )
- My boyfriends heart and mine being made of the same thing... I'm not sure what that is exactly, I assumed glitter ;)
- Doctor Who
These are just a few off my list ! A while back me and my best friend decided we wanted to improve our general well being in a few ways and one of them was to start a gratitude diary. We really wanted to use an app because It's easy to forget about a notebook and I always set my alarm before bed so I would always have my phone to do it :)
Then we came across Grid Diary. Grid Diary is a brilliant app, it takes about 10 minutes each night to answer 10 questions that I've set myself ! Some of mine are things like: What are 3 things you're grateful for ? What are three things you appreciate about yourself ? What are 3 good things that happened today ? I even use it to keep track of if I've meditated that day !
I've been using the app a few months and loving it so I had to share it with you guys because I knew you'd all love it too ! I think it would really help to boost your positivity and well being and when you look back you have a very long list that you've built up of good things about yourself and things you're grateful for :)
I've been using the app a few months and loving it so I had to share it with you guys because I knew you'd all love it too ! I think it would really help to boost your positivity and well being and when you look back you have a very long list that you've built up of good things about yourself and things you're grateful for :)
Let me know in the comments, five things that you're grateful for and if you've tried using this app. I'd love to hear what you think of it !
Stay Strong <3 Stay Smiley :)
Lots of love, Marianne xxx
