He committed to record one point of gratitude a day on a simple notepad – no fancy journal – every day for a month. “I’m still journaling,” he writes a few months later in his blog.

Over the past decade, they’ve not only identified the great social, psychological, and physical health benefits that come from giving thanks; they’ve zeroed in on some concrete practices that help us ...

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If starting your own gratitude journal sounds overwhelming, you don’t have to do it alone. “You can look at doing this with someone else and not doing it alone,” she said.

5. Grateful people sleep better. Writing in a gratitude journal improves sleep, according to a 2011 study published in Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being.