I have been keeping a gratitude journal on and off for about two months now. I began in November, fell off the wagon a bit, and am now back on! I write one thing I am grateful for each day. It doesn’t have to be a lot, it can be repetitive, it just needs to take a moment. Putting into perspective the things I am grateful for each day, has helped me now sweat the small stuff. I think, at the end of each day, or the morning of the next, what I enjoyed the most.
Then I can reflect on what was the most frequent or what is missing afterwards. Lately, I have been feeling a little conflicted about putting myself in. It felt a little weird to put myself, so instead I wrote things like my strength or my determination. Things that wouldn’t be so blatantly me related, but still gratitude-esque.
However, I want to put me down. I want to feel unapologetic about writing down myself because I want to celebrate the days in which I am grateful I am who I am. The days I am grateful that I have my own back, or that I love myself. To be able to recognize that some days, the best gift I have is myself.
So I am taking my gratitude back and giving it to who matters most, myself. It needs to benefit my own state of being, my mindset. So why not?