Another year has passed and what I would like to recommend is to take time not just to make New Year Resolutions, but to think about the blessings of 2016.

From my own experience and from what I learned from my guests, I realise more and more that if we want to build a better future for ourselves and for our loved ones, we must build upon gratitude and upon seeing the blessings we were already gifted with.

So, here are 3 ideas that I want to share with you that are going to give you an amazing start of the year.

The first gratitude idea:

Think about the people that have helped you in 2016 and for whom you are grateful, get further into details of why you are grateful and how they helped you. Write it down. Or, if you are like my father, give them a call to wish them Happy Holidays and to say THANK YOU!

The second idea

Is to take some time for yourself and to write down the simple things that you are grateful for, even those things that we usually take for granted.

Like the fact that we can see the beautiful holiday lights, that we can smell beautiful fragrances, for the warmth of a hot cup of tea after a being in the shivering cold for way too long, the touch of our loved ones, having money in the bank, for having a steady income that helps you enjoy a warm house, connection with information and people from all around the world, enough food and beautiful people around. These are just to sparkle your imagination, you can come up with many more, I’m sure! But don’t forget to write them down. I did.

The 3rd idea on building 2017 with the gratitude of 2016

and last idea is to find one memory in each month in 2016 that was a pretty cool thing that happened in your life that you felt like a blessing, that you were, or can be grateful about.

So here we go, what awesome thing happened in:
January?
What about February?
March?
April?
June?
July?
August?
September?
October?
November?
What about this month?
 
I’m sure you can find at least one for each month.

Again, write them down and make it fun. Use your creativity and let me know how it went.

I wish for you that 2017 will be the best year of your life, and that at the end of 2017 you will have ten times as many reasons to feel grateful about in each month! 🙂