{"id":1042,"date":"2009-10-27T08:45:29","date_gmt":"2009-10-27T12:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:42:38","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:42:38","slug":"day-two-starting-a-gratitude-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/day-two-starting-a-gratitude-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Day Two: Starting a gratitude journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I introduced the idea of a Month of Thanksgiving, and invited you to spend a month focusing on gratitude.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1046\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1046\" style=\"width: 168px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paperblanks.com\/us\/en\/collections\/1\/filtered?collection_id=253#1792\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1046\" title=\"world map Paperblank\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/world-map-paperblank.jpg\" alt=\"Maybe you'd like to buy a special notebook to use as your gratitude journal, as a way to mark the importance of the project?\" width=\"168\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1046\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maybe you&#8217;d like to buy a special notebook to use as your gratitude journal, as a way to mark the importance of the project?<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nRobert Emmons at UC Davis is a gratitude researcher. <a href=\"http:\/\/emmons.faculty.ucdavis.edu\/gratitude-and-well-being\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Highlights of his research on gratitude and thanksgiving<\/a> include:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size:11pt;\">In an experimental comparison, those who kept gratitude journals on a weekly basis exercised more regularly, reported fewer physical symptoms, felt better about their lives as a whole, and were more optimistic about the upcoming week compared to those who recorded hassles or neutral life event.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So for the next month I&#8217;m going to make a point of always having a notebook with me to make notes about what I&#8217;m grateful for.<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s not a stretch for me. I&#8217;m usually carrying a notebook and pen anyway. Maybe you&#8217;d rather make notes on your cell phone? Or maybe you&#8217;d like to make this exercise special by buying a notebook you will use just for recording what you&#8217;re grateful for and why?<br \/>\n<strong>However you do it, are you willing to commit to recording the moments when you are grateful for the next month?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I introduced the idea of a Month of Thanksgiving, and invited you to spend a month focusing on gratitude. Robert Emmons at UC Davis is a gratitude researcher. Highlights of his research on gratitude and thanksgiving include: In an experimental comparison, those who kept gratitude journals on a weekly basis exercised more regularly, reported fewer physical symptoms, felt better&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[1072,1074,1558,1805,2195],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Day Two: Starting a gratitude journal - Newvine Growing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/day-two-starting-a-gratitude-journal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Day Two: Starting a gratitude journal - Newvine Growing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yesterday I introduced the idea of a Month of Thanksgiving, and invited you to spend a month focusing on gratitude. Robert Emmons at UC Davis is a gratitude researcher. Highlights of his research on gratitude and thanksgiving include: In an experimental comparison, those who kept gratitude journals on a weekly basis exercised more regularly, reported fewer physical symptoms, felt better&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/day-two-starting-a-gratitude-journal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Newvine Growing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-10-27T12:45:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-06-07T17:42:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/no-image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Colleen Newvine Tebeau\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Colleen Newvine Tebeau\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/day-two-starting-a-gratitude-journal\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/day-two-starting-a-gratitude-journal\/\",\"name\":\"Day Two: Starting a gratitude journal - Newvine Growing\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-10-27T12:45:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-06-07T17:42:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/#\/schema\/person\/34671ebbbb37e4c1cc97f2f5ac1b1646\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/day-two-starting-a-gratitude-journal\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/day-two-starting-a-gratitude-journal\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/day-two-starting-a-gratitude-journal\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Day Two: Starting a gratitude journal\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/\",\"name\":\"Newvine Growing\",\"description\":\"Live life intentionally\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/#\/schema\/person\/34671ebbbb37e4c1cc97f2f5ac1b1646\",\"name\":\"Colleen Newvine Tebeau\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/700a4f604ab1d15dc1062a892418c128?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/700a4f604ab1d15dc1062a892418c128?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Colleen Newvine Tebeau\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/author\/cnewvine\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Day Two: Starting a gratitude journal - Newvine Growing","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/day-two-starting-a-gratitude-journal\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Day Two: Starting a gratitude journal - Newvine Growing","og_description":"Yesterday I introduced the idea of a Month of Thanksgiving, and invited you to spend a month focusing on gratitude. Robert Emmons at UC Davis is a gratitude researcher. Highlights of his research on gratitude and thanksgiving include: In an experimental comparison, those who kept gratitude journals on a weekly basis exercised more regularly, reported fewer physical symptoms, felt better&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/day-two-starting-a-gratitude-journal\/","og_site_name":"Newvine Growing","article_published_time":"2009-10-27T12:45:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-06-07T17:42:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":500,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/no-image.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Colleen Newvine Tebeau","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Colleen Newvine Tebeau","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/day-two-starting-a-gratitude-journal\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/day-two-starting-a-gratitude-journal\/","name":"Day Two: Starting a gratitude journal - Newvine Growing","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-10-27T12:45:29+00:00","dateModified":"2019-06-07T17:42:38+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/#\/schema\/person\/34671ebbbb37e4c1cc97f2f5ac1b1646"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/day-two-starting-a-gratitude-journal\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/day-two-starting-a-gratitude-journal\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/day-two-starting-a-gratitude-journal\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Day Two: Starting a gratitude journal"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/","name":"Newvine Growing","description":"Live life intentionally","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/#\/schema\/person\/34671ebbbb37e4c1cc97f2f5ac1b1646","name":"Colleen Newvine Tebeau","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/700a4f604ab1d15dc1062a892418c128?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/700a4f604ab1d15dc1062a892418c128?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Colleen Newvine Tebeau"},"url":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/author\/cnewvine\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/no-image.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}