After 38 days of doing the gratitude exercise, it is no longer a struggle, so a new pathway should be present through my brain! Now that I have just arrived in South America, I am going to set myself a new task:
One highlight of my day, plus one gratitude, and then three things I wish to acknowledge myself for.
The highlight of my day was the lunch hour I spent in a little back-street cafe off the beaten track in Buenos Aires.
I am grateful for that I was able to find a hotel in Colonia, Uruguay when all seemed to be fully booked due to the long weekend here.
I would like to acknowledge myself for:
1) Keeping going when it seemed that I would never find a hotel with a vacancy.
2) Not eating lunch at one of the tourist places, but looking until I found something more authentic.
3) Organising myself to get across the river to Uruguay when it seemed impossible at first.
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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