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100+ ways to boost your mood

Weekday gratitude prompts that help you feel joy, meaning, and confidence

Who is this for?

You want to live with a sense of wonder, but life is full of hassles and troubles.
You want to have confidence in the future, but problems and uncertainty make you anxious.
You want to act with inspiration, but so many things depress and discourage you.
You want to seize great opportunities, but they seem out of reach.
You want to enjoy your relationships, but others frustrate you so often.

What will you get out of this?

Joy, confidence, and meaning — these are what the practice of gratitude can bring. Not gratitude as a form of denial or emotional suppression, but as a foundation that allows you to look at threats calmly, make sense of what is happening, and notice opportunities. Gratitude that helps you find a reason to live and the desire to act.100 gratitude practices, one every weekday. Most of these practices can be done in any state of mind, even the darkest. On bad days, they can breathe a little strength into you; on ordinary days, a sense of meaning and joy. At the same time, these practices do not put rose-colored glasses on you — they help you see reality clearly, but with confidence.A weekday reminder to be grateful. With such a variety of practices, you can find the ones that work for you personally and fit the current moment. And if one grows tiresome, there are dozens of others waiting.

Overview

Developing genuine gratitude to elevate your daily mood

Foundational practices explore gratitude components individually and in combination to cultivate genuine grateful feelings. These exercises help you comfort yourself, notice joy, feel supported, realize your luck, and develop enthusiasm for action. This is your daily toolkit to lift and maintain a good mood.

Gratitude as a way to see, seize, and share opportunities

Practices in this section are designed to expand your capabilities. Following a three-part model of grateful action — see, seize, share — they shift your focus from the frustration with a lack of resources, such as money or connections, to noticing, exercising, and expanding the opportunities available to you right now.

Reciprocity as a tool to unlock what you want from others

The key parts of your achievements are always done by someone else. Someone else accepts you to a university, hires you, buys your product, subscribes to your newsletter, or takes your offer. Reciprocity practices help you identify and maintain your contribution so others are naturally inclined to give you what you want.

Deepening relationships, expanding connections, resolving problems

Practices in this section apply all previous elements to specific areas of your life. They show you how gratitude can help you deepen your relationships, naturally grow your network, get the most out of social media, and find solutions to your problems.