Welcome back to the Daily Gratitude Minute. This is Scott Colby from Say It With Gratitude. You know, I talk a lot about unplugging and gratitude in terms of two things that can really help your mental wellbeing, and today I wanna talk about how they're related because I think they're related in several.

First unplugging can provide an opportunity to take a break from the constant distractions and stimulation of technology, and instead help you focus on being present and mindful. This can lead to increased feelings of gratitude as you are able to appreciate the simple pleasures and people in your life that you may have been neglecting or taking for granted while being plugged.

Additionally, unplugging can also help reduce stress and increase overall wellbeing, which in turn can make it easier to cultivate a mindset of gratitude. By disconnecting from technology and spending time in nature or with loved ones, you can better appreciate the gifts of life. And feel more grateful for what you have.

In short, unplugging can provide a space for mindfulness and gratitude to flourish, helping you live a more fulfilling and happier life. I'm Scott Colby with Say It With Gratitude, and this has been your daily gratitude minute. Cheers.

Welcome back to the Daily Gratitude Minute. My name is Scott Colby from Say It With Gratitude. Today I've got a tip for you to living a better life practice mindfulness and gratitude. I know I've talked about this a lot, but I want to kind of reiterate this, taking the time each day to focus on the present moment and appreciate what you have in your.

Can help increase feelings of happiness and satisfaction. This can involve simple activities such as taking deep breaths, journaling, or reflecting on what you're grateful for. When you focus on the positive aspects of your life and cultivate an attitude of gratitude, you can improve your overall wellbeing and live a more fulfilling life.

I'm Scott Colby with Say With Gratitude and this has been the Daily Gratitude Minute. Cheers.

Welcome back to the Daily Gratitude Minute. My name is Scott Colby from Say It With Gratitude. I've got a quote for you today from Willie Nelson of all people. He said, once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results. I love that. For me, this quote means that the way we think about things affects the outcomes we experience in our.

If we have negative thoughts, we are likely to have negative experiences and results. On the other hand, if we focus on positive thoughts and cultivate a positive mindset, we'll start to see more positive outcomes and experiences in our lives. The idea is that our thoughts influence our actions and attitudes, and therefore they have a direct impact on the results we get.

Now by replacing negative thoughts with positive ones, we can change our outlook and improve the outcomes we see in our lives. I'm Scott Colby with Say It With Gratitude, and this has been the Daily Gratitude minute. Cheers.

Here's a tip to boost your gratitude game, try the compliment sandwich technique. Now, you may have heard of the compliment sandwich, but maybe not in terms of gratitude. So here's what I'm talking about. So just like a sandwich, you start with a compli.

Then you add a suggestion for improvement and then finish with another compliment. So next time you catch yourself complaining or focusing on the negative, try sandwiching your thoughts with something positive. For example, instead of saying, I hate my job, try saying, I'm grateful for the steady income, but I wish there were more opportunities for growth.

I'm grateful for the skills I've. This way you're still able to express your dissatisfaction, but also appreciate the things you have. And remember, a little gratitude goes a long way in making your day a whole lot yummier. I'm Scott Colby with Say It With Gratitude and this has been the Daily Gratitude minute.

Cheers.

Welcome back to the Daily Gratitude Minute. My name is Scott Colby. From Say It With Gratitude. I'm always a big believer in celebrating wins, but like I sometimes do, I don't take my own advice on occasion. And celebrating wins is one thing that I c probably improve upon, and so I'm gonna take a moment to celebrate a win.

Back at the beginning of November, I. To get back into being more consistent with the daily gratitude minute, and it's got daily and it's titled, but it's been anything but. But back in November, I set a goal to do the Daily Gratitude minute every single day for the month of November and December, and I am proud to say that I hit that goal now.

I took a couple days off. So once I hit that goal, and I think that's okay. You don't have to be perfect and you don't have to feel like you have to continue after you hit a goal, but I do think it's important to maybe reevaluate and set a new goal or see what you want to do with things after you do hit a goal.

So one of the reasons that I haven't done a daily Gratitude minute in the last couple days is that I've been really focused on the sofa, the summit, 30 day fitness journey. I'm doing a YouTube video every single day, and we're recording a video and editing, editing it and, and putting it up on YouTube every single day.

And that's taken. A lot of my time maybe underestimated how long that was actually going to take. So, uh, but do you want to be again, consistent with the daily gratitude minute and not, you know, only do it once a week or, uh, even less frequent. So you'll still be hearing from me with a daily gratitude minute in the month of January as we go along.

It just may not be every day, but I still like providing. This audio for you. So what about you? What is something that you've been consistent with or that you want to be more consistent with? Would love to hear from you. You can feel free to send me a DM on Instagram over at Scott Colby, which is my handle.

I'm Scott Colby with Say It With Gratitude, and this has been the Daily Gratitude Minute. Cheers.

Welcome back to the Daily Gratitude Minute. My name is Scott Colby from Say It With Gratitude. We are off to 2023. Hopefully your year is off to a great start. I know we're only a couple days in, but wanted to again, wish you a happy New Year. Last, uh, week I told you about a family that I was supposed to take out on a gratitude hike.

It got canceled because the roads were closed, so we went into a coffee shop. We just had a family gratitude session for a couple hours. It was wonderful. We played the Grateful Deck. We had great conversations. We wrote handwritten notes. I wanted to let you know if something else that we did. Now, it wasn't me doing this.

This was the family. So this was my friend Matt, uh, who lives in Michigan and his wife and two daughters. Every, every year during the holidays, they take time to kind of reflect. The year that's just ending. And they set goals and intentions for the new year, which I love it. They do this as a family. I think their two daughters were, are, are 16 and I think the other one's 13, but I, I'm not quite 100% sure.

Anyway, I love what they do as a family. They pick a word for the year and they really focus on that word. make decisions throughout the year based on, Hey, is this in alignment with the word that we've chosen for the year? Now, I've heard of some of my colleagues doing this, uh, and I've actually done it myself, but I've never heard a family coming together picking one word for the entire family, and I love that.

And I think that could be something. that could really bring families together, right? I think, you know, playing the Grateful Deck can do that. Writing handwritten notes as a, as a family can do that, having great conversations at the dinner table. But have you ever thought about picking a word for the year and having the entire family have that as their word?

I actually love that. What they did, um, and their word that they picked for 2023 is, Uh, so they're trying to, you know, see how they can more make more impact on the world, but also in their own personal life. So, uh, just wanted to share that with you. Maybe that gives you some inspiration about how you and your family can work towards some common goals this year.

I'm Scott Colby from Say It With Gratitude, and this has been the Daily Gratitude Minute. Cheers.

Today is January 1 and I want to wish you a Happy New Year. I also wanted to mention a fitness challenge I'm offering for free called Sofa to Summit: A 30 Day Fitness Journey. You can get signed up here: http://30dayfitjourney.com/

Today is just a welcome and we officially start tomorrow with workout #1.

As we wrap of the year, I want to share something from my friend and mentor Pat Rigsby, who received this from one of his friends. His friend said - At the end of each year I make a list of 20 GREAT things that happened to me the past year.

It can include personal, family, health, financial, business/team related events and victories. They can big or small.

Imagine - journal these and in a decade you'll have 200 WINS to reflect on.

Pretty cool!

In this episode, I'd like to invite you to Sofa To Summit: A 30 Day Fitness Journey. It's completely free. You can get signed up here: http://30dayfitjourney.com/

How to make the most out of a challenging or unplanned situation. This family did it beautifully when their gratitude hike was unexpectedly canceled. Check it out!