Gratitude: Day 1

Finding "bliss" sounds easy enough, but if you really think about it there is a lot to the simplicity of bliss. Happy. Content. Yes. But how do you get there? Honestly, I have no clue. I have started working on The Joy Equation which is giving me a good start, and reading blogs from others who are seeking an authentic and blissful life is helping too. I definitely still feel I have a long long long road ahead of me...and bliss is not a destination. I want to seek it and feel it every day.

So where to begin? Gratitude. My life is not so terrible. I tend to focus on what went wrong in my day instead of what went right. For now I need a plan before I can totally change my life, especially since I don't yet know what I want to change it to. So I'm looking for something more short-term. Instant gratification, if you will. Enter daily gratitude. Every day I will list a minimum of 5 things I am thankful for. If that's easy, I'll keep listing. I'm an obsessive lister anyway, so hopefully it will come somewhat naturally.

So today, "Gratitude: Day 1":

I am grateful for...

1. Multiple cups of good hot coffee to keep me moving on my hardest day of the week

2. A good talk with Laura about work stuff

3. That Kyle bought me wine and I'm not even home yet

4. Cassie snuggles

5. The sun being out almost all day

So there's day 1...that wasn't so hard. I had to suppress in my head the negative notes that followed, but that's the whole point of this right? Thinking in terms of finding my bliss. Yep. Bliss. Off I go........