As reported on LifeHacker.
by Alan Henry
It’s difficult enough to stay motivated and upbeat without the rest of the world weighing on your shoulders. If you’re feeling unmotivated or starting to feel a bit down, Zack Shapiro, an engineer at previously mentioned Taskrabbit has a suggestion for you: take some time each day to write down three positive things that have happened to you. It improves your mood, and gets you thinking positively, which in itself can be a step in the right direction.
Zack logs his three happy things every night, checks off the item in Lift, another app we love to help you not break habit chains, and goes to bed. Granted, no one is saying you have to be happy all the time, or that writing down good things is going to make the bad things any less bad, but Zack notes that since starting this habit of his, he’s genuinely happier and more motivated. Plus, he says it’s an easy habit to pick up—which is a good thing on its own, considering how difficult it can be to build better habits.