This is Optimal Living Daily episode 2712.

Will keeping a gratitude journal make you happier by Clare of Wantless.co.uk and a

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Will keeping a gratitude journal make you happier by Clare of Wantless.co.uk?

Did you keep a really embarrassing teenage diary?

God knows I did.

My old diaries are some of the items I cleared out as I downsized my stuff from childhood

and boy they were a painful read.

You know that Marie Kondo decluttering technique where she advised you to take hold of possession

and see if it sparks joy?

Well I now have another reaction to look out for whether it sparks a lower abdominal

clench of utter cringe.

Luckily my diary keeping days are long behind me now.

I've recently been experimenting with a different type of daily log as I look into the science

of boosting happiness.

One happiness tip I just kept reading about was an activity called gratitude journaling.

It gets mentioned so often in fact that you've probably already heard of it before if not

tried it.

The idea is simple, at its heart it's a way of systematically getting yourself into the

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