{"id":7459,"date":"2012-11-08T23:07:14","date_gmt":"2012-11-09T04:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisatener.local\/?p=7459"},"modified":"2024-09-30T09:00:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T13:00:26","slug":"writingwithgratitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/2012\/11\/writingwithgratitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Gratitude–A Powerful Way to “Write in the Zone”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the \u00a05-Step\u00a0 system I formulated for Writing in the Zone, I suggest you end your writing time with giving thanks and feeling grateful for your writing session\u2014the inspiration, the flow, the pages you wrote–whether you wrote 2 pages or 20–and even if you spent the time ruminating without writing.<\/p>\n

The positive experience you evoke by feeling gratitude will set you up for success and flow the next time you write.<\/p>\n

In Bring Your Book to Life class last Friday, Life Coach Bonnie Leonard<\/a> shared that every evening she writes about 5 things she’s grateful for in her gratitude journal (in fact, this is one of the steps in her 9 week Reinvent Your Life Journaling Program). Not surprisingly, journaling about gratitude helps both her happiness and her writing.<\/p>\n

5\u00a0 Steps to Create Your Gratitude Journal<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Find an inspiring book with blank pages<\/span><\/strong>. While a journal with a pretty cover image can work well, If you prefer, feel free to use a spiral notebook and decorate it with stickers or images to inspire you.<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0Each evening, write about 5 things you are grateful for<\/span><\/strong>. They can be anything, but here\u2019s one way to easily come up with your list:<\/p>\n

*\u00a0 A person<\/span><\/strong> you\u2019re grateful to have in your life<\/p>\n

*\u00a0 A part of your body<\/span> <\/strong>or body system that functions to support your well being (one day it can be your liver, the next day your circulatory system)<\/p>\n

*\u00a0 Something beautiful<\/span><\/strong> in nature<\/p>\n

*\u00a0 A lovely or useful object<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 in your home.<\/p>\n

*\u00a0 An event<\/span><\/strong> that happened that day–mundane or special–list any writing experience here!<\/p>\n

3. While it\u2019s fine to list things, you may also want to elaborate.<\/span><\/strong> The more you delve into the details of that specific thing, the more you will appreciate it.<\/p>\n

4. Re-read your entry and allow yourself to feel the feeling<\/span> <\/strong>of gratitude about each thing.<\/p>\n

5. Each morning, re-read your list from the previous night.<\/span><\/strong> See if you want to add\"\" any additional things for the morning.<\/p>\n

What are you grateful for in your writing practice? How about in your life?<\/span> Share here<\/span> <\/strong>and feel free to return to this page with more gratitude at any time. Putting it in writing adds power to the process. Sharing with others does, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the \u00a05-Step\u00a0 system I formulated for Writing in the Zone, I suggest you end your writing time with giving thanks and feeling grateful for your writing session\u2014the inspiration, the flow, the pages you wrote–whether you wrote 2 pages or 20–and even if you spent the time ruminating without writing. The positive experience you evoke…  Read more<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7501,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[55,41,27],"tags":[1223,1221,1217,1220,1218,1222,1216,262],"class_list":{"0":"post-7459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-creativity","8":"category-inspiration","9":"category-writing-challenges","10":"tag-bonnie-leonard","11":"tag-graitude","12":"tag-gratitude","13":"tag-gratitude-journal","14":"tag-how-to-make-a-gratitude-journal","15":"tag-journaling","16":"tag-writing-and-law-of-attraction","17":"tag-writing-in-the-zone","18":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279231,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7459\/revisions\/279231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}