Self Therapy Works
Some of you may have gone to therapy. Others may have thought about going. To work out the kinks in your mind. To give you the tools to manage life better. Work, relationships, parenting, etc. You have a lot to do. You have a lot on your plate. You have a lot to face each day. That is why you’re stressed, tired, annoyed, short tempered or lacking in patience. It’s not you, it’s everything that comes to you.
Therapy is a great tool. So is self therapy. In Kevin Kelly’s latest book, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier he writes, “the best form of self therapy, a gratitude journal. Writing down one thing you’re grateful for each day is the cheapest possible therapy ever.”
In the face of life beating you up and flipping you over, being grateful changes your view of life. You become grounded. It changes your perspective and allows you to find one thing each day to be grateful for. It forces you to pay attention to what you have, not what you don’t. It makes you more aware of what you’ve done and not what you haven’t. It allows you to become more emotionally aware and present in daily things.
It can be a sticky note. It can be a notepad or note book. You can write down one thing each day or three. The act of doing so allows you to live more present and to find the happy moments in the chaos of life. Becoming more tranquil.
Here are some great journals to use:
LEUCHTTURM1917 - Some Lines A Day - 5 Year Memory Notebook
One Line A Day: A Five-Year Memory Book (5 Year Journal
LEUCHTTURM1917 - Notebook Hardcover Medium A5-251 Numbered Pages for Writing and Journaling
The Classic Composition Notebooks
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Thought Provoking Questions : What are you grateful for today?
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