Gratitude is Not a Chore
Don’t make everything about productivity!
It was Thanksgiving in the US yesterday, and my social media was filled with posts about things people are grateful for, just like my own post from yesterday.
Interestingly, I also read many opinions about people feeling bitter about “gratitude journals” not working.
Expressing gratitude is not a chore.
It is not a shortcut to success, either!
Yes, there are many people who made entries in their gratitude journal for 100+ days (or 1000, or whatever number) and later became insanely successful. Do not mistake correlation for causation. Don’t try to make journaling or gratitude posts a “checklist” item for life.
Even Ozan Varol, author of the bestselling book “Think Like a Rocket Scientist” had an email yesterday stating how gratitude journals started to become repetitive and forced, so he started to visualize and stopped writing them down. WHAAATTT???
