Force Yourself to Be More Grateful for Your Life

Want to know how to force yourself to be more grateful for your life?! Of course you do!

Here’s how:

1. Get Your Routine Down

Routines are extremely important, more important than I think we give them credit for.

They set the tone for our spirit, our minds, our emotions; they provide a path for the unfolding of a day.

I mean, think about it: when you wake up and flip on your phone, tune into social media and the news, you are setting up a path for your day in which gratitude is almost impossible. How can you be grateful when you are being flooded by the fear that the news brings and all of the emotions that come with unbridled social media?

So: understand the path that will bring you want you want.

If you know that you want to feel good, and that when you feel grateful, it is literally impossible have negative emotions then create routines that you know will get you going.

A great routine will look different for everyone, but some elements that tend to be good additions are:

meditation

exercise

yoga

art

visualization (for your day, mentally planning everything as you’d like it be)

It’s also wise to NOT:

tune into social media until you have your day visualized and your routine completed

engage in the news or current affairs until you have your day visualized, routine completed

do ANYTHING before your routine that will set your day off kilter

Make your routine the most important part of your day: let it set the tone for you.

With your routine being the most important part of this post, let’s move onto the next few pieces that can really help your gratitude muscle, even when you aren’t feeling like flexing it.