In 2009 I found a special journal at one of my favorite bookstores, Antigone, which is in Tucson, AZ.
At the time, I had no idea the impact the small, orange gratitude journal would have on my life. Since May 19, 2009, I have not only journaled nearly every day's positive moments, I also started reading the previous year's highlights once I had a year completed. Both writing the day's positive moments and reliving highlights from previous years has been an extraordinary, uplifting experience. Gratitude journaling also awakened my love of journaling. Since 2012 I started journals about bicycling, work, daily haikus, zen doodling, and a handful of others. Each of these journals has a zero negativity policy unless it's hilarious. I also find snippets of poetry here and there in these journals and have even published a few things that began as journaling!
To celebrate my tenth year of gratitude journaling, I will post a favorite journal entry each month.
It was incredibly tough to choose just 12 moments. These past ten years have been amazing.
Here is the journal that started it all:
The first entry I'm going to share with you happened less than a month after I began journaling, 6/27/09, and is drawn by my oldest niece, Izzy, who is now in high school! I gave her my journal to color in, and this is the artwork she created:
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