Embracing a Gratitude Mindset in Tough Times

Spend time on social media channels in November and you’ll be greeted with a cascade of gratitude-laden posts. It’s become an annual precursor to Thanksgiving to acknowledge the things we are thankful for in a daily post or tweet throughout the month. While you certainly don’t need another to-do item on your list or the pressure of a daily deadline, adopting a mindset of gratitude has a litany of benefits worth tapping into both personally and professionally.

Of course, 2020 has been a rough year, to put it mildly. The idea of finding 30 things you’re feeling grateful for, let alone tapping into the wellspring of thankfulness on a regular basis, may seem a little more daunting than it normally would. While you might have to dig a little deeper and work a little harder to shift your thinking toward thankfulness, you should make the effort to do so. In fact, living your gratitude (which goes beyond just talking about it!) is more valuable and necessary in times of trial!

Be Like a Pilgrim

If your idea of the first Thanksgiving dinner is the sweet picture book image of European settlers and Native Americans settling around a common table to enjoy a robust dinner of the items they harvested, dig a little deeper. The pilgrims we associate with the holiday struggled when they first arrived in North America…