For November, in honor of one of my top 3 favorite holidays
ever, Thanksgiving, this month will be about gratitude (the other two favorite
holidays include a rotation of Passover, Sukkot, Christmas when it’s done right
with a Favorite Things Feast, the occasional Halloween, and Leap Day, which isn’t
considered a holiday but should be). I
was watching a TED talk about the benefits of “positivity training”, and the
concept really peaked my interest.
Positivity training involves journaling about one thing that happened in
the last 24 hours, listing three things you’re grateful for, meditating,
exercising, and performing a random act of kindness every day. All these things sound lovely, and all the
research I’ve seen on stuff like this seems pretty conclusive. But it also sounds like a huge
commitment. We’ll see how these next 30
days go.
This 30-day challenge also coincides with a text I recently
received from another volunteer, Shelley Whittet, who has urged the other
volunteers in our group to write or blog about one positive thing we love about
Malawi for our final 180 days of service to help us get out of here on a high
note. That’s right, exactly 6 months
left!!! It’s another lovely, lofty goal,
but I’ll try.
So here goes: …see tomorrow's post….
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