This is a good one for your next vacation

just one minute a day

If you don’t mind...

... before we get to the challenge, let me tell you my story.

My Story: Reliving My Favorite Part of the Day

• My husband volunteered overseas for 5 months.

• I stayed home, and I missed him.

• Yet only calling once a week, I’d waste that time complaining about my day.

My Story: Reliving My Favorite Part of the Day

• One day he asked me to tell him something good that happened.

• No surprise, it felt better than complaining.

Finding this chalk art was something good that happened

My Story: Reliving My Favorite Part of the Day

• I decided that everyday, I’d cut a slip of paper & write down my favorite part of the day.

• And I stuffed the slips in an empty tin, like it was a piggy bank.

• I did this everyday for 5 whole months!

My Story: Reliving My Favorite Part of the Day

• When my husband got home we opened the tin (A.K.A – the piggy bank of memories).

• Every slip of paper was a positive memory.

What did I learn?

• Thinking about my favorite part of the day gave me a reason to find the good in the day.

• Even if it was a crappy day...– I ripped my tights, spilled coffee on desk, missed a

meeting.

• ... there was still something that was my favorite part.

What did I get out of it?

• The gratitude activity made me happier because I stopped overlooking the everyday good things that happen.

• And after 5 months, it was fun to remember & re-live the things that impressed me...

... and to share them with my husband.

“Gratitude begins by looking within and appreciating the value of one’s

experiences.”

Theo Koffler , Founder Mindfulness Without Borders via chopra.com

Next slide starts the challenge!

• For a set timeframe:• Note your favorite part of every day

• Write them on a slip of paper and keep ‘em safe

• No peeking!

• Once the time’s up:• Read & re-live the best moments of your life

• Seriously, for that timeframe they are your best moments

Challenge Objectives

• Use colored slips of paper. Or decorate them.– Maybe your favorite part of the day will be making

the pretty slips of paper.

• Done the challenge? Make gratitude art.– Get crafty and paste your slips into a pattern. Your

imagination can be the limit.

Are you brave enough to make it a marathon gratitude challenge and do it for, lets say, 5

months?

Going a Step Further

Go. Start the challenge &

discover what you’re grateful for!

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