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by Intelligent Change
Five prompts, twice a day, for six months.
A linen-bound, undated journal on FSC-certified recycled paper. Mornings: three things you are grateful for, and one affirmation. Evenings: three highlights of the day, and one thing you learned. 264 pages, which is about six months. Because it is undated, a gap costs you nothing.
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Intelligent Change points to positive-psychology research behind the prompts. Gratitude journalling does have supporting studies, but effects in this literature are modest and vary a lot between people. Buy it as a five-minute habit that some people find steadying — not as a treatment.
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