Martha called. The conversation went on like that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– So, you’re delving into wellness trends mr. guru?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Desperate times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Midlife crisis hitting hard?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– I guess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– So what is that you doin\u2019?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Gratitude practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Ha-ha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– They say gratitude is the simplest way to a better life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Oh really? Who says so?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– I dunno, some gratitude gurus I found online. But it\u2019s backed by science too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Yea? What does science say?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Science says, write three sentences a day over two weeks, and this is what you get: \u201ca better life\u201d. You see what you\u2019ve got.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Five minutes a day to happiness? C\u2019mon, too good to be true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Listen, look it up in Google scholar, tons of people tested it. All over the world. Wrote three sentences a day over two weeks. Good stuff comes out. Life feels better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– What\u2019s there to be grateful for? Headaches?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Up to you. Anything. Grateful the weather is decent. That the sun made an appearance. Grateful for Wi-fi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Ah-huh, grateful-for-a-sunny-day wellness mumbo-jumbo. Is that a piramid scheme? Who\u2019s mr. Sunshine on top?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– I am telling you, it\u2019s science. You train yourself in finding things that make your day suck less. Grateful folks are good at finding things that made their day suck less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– So, they think, \u201ccould\u2019ve been worse \u2013 I could\u2019ve died that day, but didn\u2019t\u201c?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Something like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Y\u2019know, maybe there is something to it. Maybe writing you\u2019re grateful for bluetooth and satnav is going to turn you into a master, mr. yoda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gratitude:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grateful for a loyal dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grateful Emil greeted me like I had been gone for months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWrite daily entries.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201eThank yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Consistency level up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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