I hear ya, but your one example is equivalent to saying “I lifted weights for a week and realized I wasn’t getting any stronger so I stopped.”
The gratitude journal has compounding effects over time because it builds your mental habit of looking for things to be grateful for. When you start saying “Oh, I’m gonna add that to my journal later!”, that’s one sign that it’s starting to work.
(I will try the gratitude journal for like 4 more weeks, and see if the increase in my well-being is measurable. While I now agree with the problem you identified with my local example, I think the broader fallacy my post was talking about still exists; While I cannot think of any other examples that apply to myself, I do sometimes notice myself sort of “yearning for Amazing Things No One Does”. I’m sure if I had more time I could think of more concrete stuff.)
I hear ya, but your one example is equivalent to saying “I lifted weights for a week and realized I wasn’t getting any stronger so I stopped.”
The gratitude journal has compounding effects over time because it builds your mental habit of looking for things to be grateful for. When you start saying “Oh, I’m gonna add that to my journal later!”, that’s one sign that it’s starting to work.
Aah, okay. Oops. Thank you. :/
(I will try the gratitude journal for like 4 more weeks, and see if the increase in my well-being is measurable. While I now agree with the problem you identified with my local example, I think the broader fallacy my post was talking about still exists; While I cannot think of any other examples that apply to myself, I do sometimes notice myself sort of “yearning for Amazing Things No One Does”. I’m sure if I had more time I could think of more concrete stuff.)