30 Day Gratitude Challenge

Thankfulness, counting your blessings, noticing simple pleasures, and acknowledging everything that you receive–that’s gratitude! It means learning to live your life as if everything were a miracle, and being aware on a continuous basis of how much you’ve been given. Gratitude shifts your focus from what your life lacks to the abundance what is already present. Research has shown the surprising life improvements that can come from the practice of gratitude. Giving thanks makes people happier and more resilient, it strengthens relationships, it improves health, and it reduces stress. There are many ways to practice gratitude. Keep a gratitude journal and write down every day a list of three to ten things for which you are grateful first thing in the morning or before going to bed at night. Another exercise is to write a gratitude card to a person who has exerted a positive influence in your life but whom you have not properly thanked.

Last year, my company created a 30-day gratitude challenge and encouraged us to send a gratitude card a day for a month and then see how it impacted our life. For me, thinking of others before thinking of myself and my situations always puts me in a better frame of mind to face the day to day challenge of life. More often, the people I reach out to usually have a need to be recognized and benefit from each written note as well. This is WIN-WIN!

Once you decide to look for things to be grateful for, you will find that you begin to appreciate simple pleasures and things that you previously took for granted. Gratitude should not be just a reaction to getting what you want, but an all-the-time gratitude, the kind where you notice the little things and where you constantly look for the good even in unpleasant situations. Today, start bringing gratitude to your experiences, instead of waiting for a positive experience in order to feel grateful; in this way, you’ll be on your way toward becoming a master of gratitude.

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About Jerilyn

Jerilyn McDonald is CEO & President of JM Unlimited Inc, organized for professional acting and providing creative marketing services to entrepreneurs, small business owners and sales professionals. She can be seen on stage and screen in and around Charlotte, and especially loves Broadway Musical Theatre.

Jerilyn particularly enjoys working with other actors, artists, authors, photographers, women business owners, and non-profits, providing creative marketing and business ownership strategies.

Jerilyn is a native Texan (proud of it!) but has called Charlotte home for many years. She is blessed with a loving, supportive family and enjoys traveling any chance she gets. She is growing a worldwide customer base and looks forward to the next person she can help get started!

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