Whose waiting for a thank-you note from you? By Heidi Bender

Whose waiting for a thank-you note from you? By Heidi Bender

by | Jan 3, 2018 | Gratitude Journal

You may be on a journey to add more gratitude into your life. I have a question for you. Are you sharing your gratitude with others?

I challenge you to think about who you are grateful for and needs to hear from you. Then write that person a thank-you note. People love to be recognized! 

Below are three ways to identify people who could write a thank-you note to.

#1 Check your gratitude Journal

Who’s listed in your gratitude journal that would appreciate knowing how thankful you are for them? If you are listing things or people you are grateful for each day, there’s a good chance that a person shows up on your list sometimes. Go through recent entries and pick out a few people to thank. 

#2 Daily or Weekly Interactions 

Who do you interact with often? This could be family members, friends, co-workers or people from your church. Is there someone that is always there for you? Or someone that is super helpful at your job? Pay attention to the details of your life, and you will quickly know someone that would appreciate being thanked. 

#3 Gifts

Have you received any gifts lately? Perhaps for your birthday or a holiday. Even if you thanked the person for the gift in person, it’s still okay to send the person a thank-you note card. Some people will appreciate the extra effort of writing a note. 

Writing the thank-you note

Thank you note writing is an excellent way to express your gratitude to another person. 

Handwriting the thank-you note is considered by some to be more personal, but there are other ways to say thank-you. You can check out my list of 8 ways to send a quick thank you.  Most people will recognize the extra time it took to write by hand. The note can then be mailed, or hand delivered. The person may even keep it and display it.

When writing the note, be specific about why you are thanking them. “Thanks for all you do” is generic. You can do better than that! Let them know precisely why you are thanking them. This will make the note the best it can be. 

About the Author

Heidi Bender, author of A Modern Guide to Writing Thank-You Notes, helps people with thank-you note wording. On her website, Tons of Thanks, she provides thank-you note wording for many situations, such as thank your boss for a raise, wedding gifts, and job interviews.

 

2017 Greatness is Built Upon 2016 Gratitude

2017 Greatness is Built Upon 2016 Gratitude

by | Jan 7, 2017 | Gratitude Journal

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! 🙂