Wind down
One specific good thing
Write one real, specific good moment from today, not a general one
2 min
How to do it
Not three things, not a list you rush through. One moment from today, specific enough that you could describe it to someone: the coffee was properly hot, your daughter laughed at something you said. Write it in a sentence.
What the evidence says
Gratitude practices show a real but modest effect on mood in the wider research on the mind, and the effect is strongest when the thing named is specific rather than generic. This is filed at that honest size: a small daily nudge, not a mood cure, and it costs one sentence.
