For 1,000+ days, I’ve kept a gratitude journal.

Here’s what I learned about happiness and fulfillment:

We have one delusion.

= achieving something will make us happy and fulfilled forever

But here’s the truth:

“Desire is a contract you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.”
@naval

Pick your desires carefully.

Our time on earth is short.

Acknowledging this makes you realize life can be a fun game and what matters is your experience of reality.

Gratitude for the simple stuff keeps you grounded.

"I'm grateful that I have a warm bed to sleep in."

Have you ever thought about how lucky you are to have that?

We have a choice.

Reality is neutral and doesn’t judge.

To a tree there is nothing good or bad.

How we choose to interpret our experiences is up to us.

When happiness is a choice, we can work towards it.

Take the pressure off.

Don’t expect if you keep a daily gratitude journal you’ll never have a bad day!

I have plenty of them.

Part of being human.

Daily gratitude makes you mindful.

Mindful of that cool tree you walked by outside your house.

Or that text you got from a friend.

If you live life without mindfulness, you are on autopilot.

When you’re on autopilot, you can wake up in 5 years and wonder where time went.

Finally-

Gratitude makes you stop and appreciate what you have as you strive for more.

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