{"id":722,"date":"2026-07-16T00:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T05:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/searchingwithin.com\/wordpress\/?p=722"},"modified":"2026-07-23T22:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T03:32:19","slug":"positivity-and-gratitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/searchingwithin.com\/wordpress\/?p=722","title":{"rendered":"Positivity and Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/searchingwithin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ontask_Positivity_and_Gratitude_-chaos_5_-ar_43_-profile_b_f66b5ce2-328b-45d3-98ab-604967fee3c5_1a.jpg\" alt=\"Holding positivity and gratitude in hand.\" class=\"wp-image-723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/searchingwithin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ontask_Positivity_and_Gratitude_-chaos_5_-ar_43_-profile_b_f66b5ce2-328b-45d3-98ab-604967fee3c5_1a.jpg 792w, https:\/\/searchingwithin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ontask_Positivity_and_Gratitude_-chaos_5_-ar_43_-profile_b_f66b5ce2-328b-45d3-98ab-604967fee3c5_1a-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/searchingwithin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ontask_Positivity_and_Gratitude_-chaos_5_-ar_43_-profile_b_f66b5ce2-328b-45d3-98ab-604967fee3c5_1a-768x593.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Woke up depressed. Everything seems enormous. Figuring out just three hours, feels stuck. Unmovable. So many possibilities, yet stuck. Stumbling on a series of sad songs certainly doesn\u2019t help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Homework: \u201cWork on seeing the good. How do we keep track of this, for starters?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Keeping list of gratitudes with date and description<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Located in BCT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seeing the good defined vs gratitude \/\/ point of view vs. warm feeling of grateful<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Paul saber critique &#8211; great disappointment receiving\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>very critical, too long for me; matter of being glad he was available to give feedback?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>enforced cheerfulness (positive thinking)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When all carabiners are in the jar, do I empty the jar and start over?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Goals vs. Dreams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The idea: knowing the difference<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to pick one\u2019s dreams and then making appropriate goals (Or do they pick you?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">===<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bunny<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>z values<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woke up depressed. 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