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Three Good Things!

Mrs. Luther073082

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Research has shown that people who wrote down 3 good things that happened to them at the end of the day increased their happiness significantly over a 6 month period. This is something I've already been doing a little of before I knew about the research, but I would like to make a point to do it every day now. Since I have an anxiety disorder, I sometimes find myself in the car on the way home remembering the embarassing or insecure moments of the day and worrying over those instead of concentrating on all of the positive things that happened. I think this would be a good exercise for me to learn to concentrate on the positive aspects of my day. So tonight I will be back here to report the good stuff that happened today! :)

Does anybody else want to join me? What are 3 good things that happened to you today?
 
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I think this is a WONDERFUL idea. It's very healthy to train our brains to dwell on the positive instead of the negative. Since it's just the morning now, I'll list 3 things from yesterday, if that's ok!

1. My son was sick the night before, but yesterday he was much better.
2. We had a sunny day.
3. My period is almost over, lol.
 
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^ haha free bagels for a year???!! that's awesome!

well my day was a little tough but 3 things...
1. I went to my sons team in training breakfast without having a panic attack. 2. I've accepted my dogs passing (sort of). 3. I drove to my moms. Hopefully better tomorrow, I'm feeling a little depressed at the moment.
 
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*more hugs for Kat*

1. It's a beautiful, sunny day
2. Made it to church and didn't have a coughing attack during the service
3. The pastor called up all the kids and babies to demonstrate how special they are...CUTENESS OVERLOAD!
 
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1. I got 77 participants for my experiment 2. I hung out with my brother tonight and we had another long talk, then when I was going to go in he said "hey come back out so we can talk some more" so now I'm like yay, my brother respects me and enjoys my company :clap: 3. My dog loves me :) and today I will even go for a #4. There were not any tornadoes.
 
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1.) It was an absolutely gorgeous day outside and I got to go on the nature trails with the girls from Bible study 2.) I went back on the nature trails later and took some pretty pictures 3.) Another teacher is going to offer extra credit to his classmates if they participate in my experiment
 
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