I love the Thanksgiving season! It reminds me that I have so much to be thankful for. And it turns out, being grateful has its benefits.
In addition to promoting a positive attitude, research has shown that practicing gratitude for 15 minutes a day, five days a week (for at least 6 weeks) can positively affect your physical and mental health.
Expressing gratitude can also improve your sleep, mood, and immunity.
Writers often experience a boatload of rejection – query rejection, manuscript submission rejection, revision rejection. These experiences can easily produce a negative attitude toward writing, and life in general.
Writers have so much to be thankful for! For example,
- books,
the ability to create,- critique partners,
- honest feedback that leads to improvement,
- time for revision,
- quiet walks that spark ideas, and
- frequent celebrations (nothing is too small. Ex. completing a paragraph or scene or meeting a daily word count goal).
We’d love to hear what you’re thankful for. Please leave a comment below, and let’s start practicing gratitude today!
Have a have a Grateful Thanksgiving!
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Dana grew up hearing voices in her head, something nobody seemed to appreciate. Luckily, she found a way to put that dialog to good use in her stories. She’s the author of Drive-Thru Miracle, a book for kids in 3rd-8th grades. When she’s not writing, she’s working as a school counselor in an elementary school filled with terrific kids, walking her curious Labradoodle, Buddy, or facetiming with her grandkids. Dana also provides training on Class Meetings and emotional development for educators and school counselors.
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