Reverse Bucket List

Go on over to Boho Berry for what a reverse bucket list means and get inspiration from her list. Okay,

I'll wait while you go read the blog post and her list.

Now lets do some brainstorming for our own lists, maybe categories ...

Places I visited.

People I have treasured along the way.

Creative things I did.

Just plain fun experiences I would never trade for anything.

Have fun with it!

A simple change that can make a difference.

It's very simple.  At the end of every day, perhaps at the dinner table, you ask yourself or your family, what "went well today?"  I can see how this would help.  It's kind of a gratitude practice.  I didn't have a great day yesterday when I read about this, and I was thinking/focusing on the parts that did not go well, but then I read this and started thinking about what had gone well.
 A piece of mail that I've been anxiously waiting for for 9 weeks, finally arrived yesterday.  That was huge and in my mind, that detail was kind of buried in the stress until I took a second look at my day.

There's a little bit more to it, read the rest at Exuberant Lives

Gratitude.

Feeling gratitude is essential, I think, to feeling happy.  Take a minute right now to savor something in your life and feel happy about it.  One thing.  It might be that you are thankful for your eyesight so that you can read or thankful for your computer or phone that you can use to connect to others.  Science supports the fact that feeling gratitude can make you happier.  The Science of Gratitude.  Eight boosts of Gratitude Gratitude will signicantly improve your life!

Here's a free printable gratitude journal (Christian Faith Based.) and here are some tips for making the experience really work for you Tips for Keeping a Gratitude Journal and here are some free printables that are really cute and fun.. Gratitude Lists Free Download and here's a bunch of prompts that will get you thinking about what you feel gratitude for.  

Here at our house, we've started a blessings jar and we're putting in blessings and memories and then we will open it and read them all on New Year's Eve.  Here's a link to a Pinterest Board with a lot of ideas for how to make one.  Ours is very simple, a jar with a taped on label, but whatever works.  

Here is the most beautiful gratitude journal I have ever seen from Visual Blessings.