A friend recommended the following website to me where you can do a free happiness test: http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/Default.aspx
I will check my score again at the end of my 21 days of gratitude!
1) I am grateful to have such great PhD supervisors to advise me with my thesis.
2) I am grateful to have an iPad.
3) I am grateful to have both my parents still alive and available for me to chat with.
The highlight of my day was getting lots done on my thesis. I worked solidly on it until about 2 am! Another highlight was the bike ride I took down to the beach and back. It was good to do some real exercise after not being able to play soccer for so long because of my back injury.
Neuro-psychology experiments have shown that if people journal highlights from their day every day, then new pathways will be created through the brain. This allows these daily highlights to be automatically generated from then on, resulting in long term benefits such as less symptoms of stress with greater mental health and happiness. After completing various versions of this exercise several times on this blog, I am now taking on a new exercise by answering five simple questions each day.
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