My 30 Days of Thanksgiving practice was off to a really strong start on Facebook this year. That’s a lie. I forgot Day 1, doubled up on Day 2, then had to double up again for days three and four, posted Day 5 on time, but then had to cram days six through nine into one post.
Crickets have been chirping ever since.
The practice of posting one thing I'm grateful for every day for 30 days changed my life the first time I did it. For the next few years, it was a good, strong reminder to get my head right for the rest of the year and beyond.
The past few years, though, my 30 Days of Thanksgiving posts have been erratic. They have felt superfluous and forced, not because I’m a loser, which, let’s be real, is what that mean voice in my head tries to tell me, but because gratitude has become a habit. I don’t need accountability on Facebook or a blog or anywhere else to live it on the daily.
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