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I first learned about the concept of a gratitude practice through a friend and classmate of mine during my first year of grad school. At the bottom corner of her laptop screen, she has a place to name three gratitudes each day. Morning after morning, whatever is happening in her life, she writes out her three gratitudes. I’ve seen notes on her fridge that say things like, “Name your gratitudes!” That’s the kind of contagious, positive energy she has around gratitude, one that makes you want to practice gratitude, too.
