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Making a Gratitude List is the Worst Habit; Here is Why & What I Do Instead to Achieve More in Life
Do you know what is the key problem of the self-improvement industry?
Once a person introduces a good concept, everyone starts making videos or writing books about it. For example, you will find these things in every self-help book/YouTube video:
- Get up early
- Take a cold shower
- Make your bed
- Drink water
- Exercise
- Have a healthy breakfast (notice how the majority of the YouTubers have a cute white bowl in which they have colorful fruits as their morning breakfast)
- Meditate and many more tips and tricks like this.
And OPPS! How can I forget about one technique that is everyone’s favorite? Yes, you guessed it right. It’s making a gratitude list.
To give you a little background, every book or video starts something like this,
‘My life sucked. I took everything for granted. I used to complain about everything. But one day, I realized instead of focusing on what I don’t have, I can be grateful for what I have. And now look at me, how happy I am’