I recently read a book about a midwife from the 18th century who kept a journal and the entries were often 2 or 3 sentences at the end of each day it a shorthand summary style.
Example: Cold today. Checked that Dolly’s fever is gone. I was home.
And that made me think of modern day bullet journaling.
I’ve tried it but it didn’t work for me but now I have a new idea and it could be a great recording of hope. We know it’s a renewable resource – so what if writing once sentence at the end of each day make it easier to be filled with hope?
Daily Gratitude’s
Growth Moments - Track instances where you stepped outside your comfort zone or overcame a challenge.
Future Dreams – Dreaming on a daily basis is a great way to keep looking at what’s possible a key element of hope.
Acts of Kindness – You could log those you do for others – imagine what a world it would be if we were all making sure we did one act of kindness every day so our journal wouldn’t be empty.
Small Victories – A game-changer if you have to acknowledge one thing each day that you did well.
Something Beautiful – just thinking about doing this made me smile. Will I have multiple entries about my cats or the hummingbirds – probably!
Summoning Courage – this one I want to think about because my first instinct was to say – I can be courageous everyday – can I? Can you?
A Hopeful Moment – this is what these recordings do for me right now – it makes me think about hope, and why and how it keeps showing up. What if you did the same?
Even a few minutes each day spent reflecting on the positive can significantly shift your perspective over time. I hope you’ll pick one and start – maybe challenge yourself to try this for 10 days and then see how you feel?
Hope, kindness, gratitude, courage – all renewable and never-ending resources for us to use.
