Edition #41: Small Gratitude Leads to Big Gratitude

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Compliment of the day: You have a grateful heart.

This is Thanksgiving week so I’ll riff on the idea of gratitude. Then I’ll cover Return on Entertainment, BF Shopping Hacks, Investing Deals and Downgrading Cards.

🙏🏼 Small gratitude leads to big gratitude

Years ago, gratitude became vogue. I don’t know which TED talk went viral or if we can blame it on the proliferation of meditation apps, but I’m grateful that it’s cool to be grateful. #meta.

Gratitude makes life richer. I’m not living a rich life if I’m counting my problems instead of my blessings. Gratitude reminds me that I have power over how I experience life, and that’s regardless of status or income. Anyone can do it.

But I hit a wall early on in my gratitude practice. I found myself repeating the same things over and over again. I’m grateful for my health, my family, having a roof over my head…

The repetition made gratitude feel like obligation, like I had to say grand, big gratitudes. So I flipped the script: specifically, celebrating the small things.