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Gratitude
5 Ways You Might Be Hindering Your Own Gratitude Practice
And how to get back on track
My life has changed for the better since I started a gratitude practice about two months ago.
There’s so much more happiness and joy in my life. I enjoy being around my friends and co-workers more. I enjoy alone time so much more. Even when things don’t go the way I had hoped, I see the beauty in how things actually unfolded.
A gratitude practice can have some rocky bumps, though, particularly at the start. It’s normal to look at your practice and wonder, “Am I getting anything out of this?”
If you feel like your practice may not be living up to its full potential, read on. We’ll examine five things you could be doing to cause yourself to get in your own way, and what you can do differently to get back on track.
You think you’re doing gratitude wrong
The short answer to this one: There is no wrong way to practice gratitude. However you choose to express it, it is the right way.
Unless, that is, you believe there is such a thing as practicing gratitude the wrong way, and that you are doing so. In that case, you are indeed practicing gratitude the wrong way, because what you believe…
