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    A DIY Gratitude Jar & My Experience

    Back at the end of 2016, I had the idea to create a DIY gratitude jar. The idea was to write down what I’m grateful for/happy about from each week. Naturally, I roped my family into it as well. At the end of every week, we would write down one thing we were grateful for. That was it. One thing. Now, if you know my family at all you would know that “thrilled” wasn’t a word that would be used to describe how they felt about this. Well, some more than others. I’m not going to call anyone out in particular but sometimes someone would have to write 2 things…

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    Honesty Hour: Practicing Gratitude

    The season of thankfulness & gratitude is upon us. And by upon us, I mean it’s here. For a lot of people at this time of year, they are truly grateful and have no problem practicing gratitude. It’s just part of this season & this month as we celebrate Thanksgiving. I can see that this year may have been much harder to practice gratitude than normal. No one is going to argue that it’s been…rough. Thanksgiving celebrations may not look normal for you which may also be hampering your ability to be grateful. So, in honor of this being the season of gratitude & it possibly being more difficult than…