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AEE 285: Why You Should Count Your Blessings in English
Today get some strategies for how to cultivate more gratitude in your life in English!
Today’s quote:
“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.”
- Willie Nelson
Vocabulary from the quote:
- To count your blessings: To pay attention to the good things in your life
- My whole life turned around: My whole life got better, changed direction
How can you cultivate more gratitude in your life?
- Keep a gratitude journal every day, write down your “blessings” and what you are grateful for
- Focus on the good things that you have in your life, not the bad things
- Set an alarm on your phone. When the alarm goes off you can think about what you are grateful in that moment.