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Re: Show HN: Three Things Daily – Make gratitude a daily habit

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Research shows that if you list at least three things you’re grateful for everyday, you will significantly improve your mental health. Does it really , or does this line just sound good? If you're going to make a claim like this, you should probably link to peer-reviewed research that backs this up.

Mandatory, this is anecdotal... I do this every morning when I wake up and have for a good year or so. I honestly don't notice much of a difference.

Not anecdotal, please see links to research in other comments.

Furthermore, just because something doesn't work for you, doesn't mean it doesn't work for others. Additionally, unless you've been keeping a log before and after you started the interventions, you should be at least skeptical about the difference you expect. It's entirely possible you got better, adjusted to the norm, and just think you feel as good as you normally do - while your "normal" is better than before.

Finally, the effect is more likely to be pronounced in people feeling worse than average. If your life is fantastic, you might not get much of a benefit from an intervention that has otherwise strong effects on people.

Re: Show HN: Three Things Daily – Make gratitude a daily habit

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Hi, Do you want to become better at being grateful? I built a simple site where you can list 3 things you’re grateful for that day. Research shows that being grateful makes you happier and healthier. I want to help people be more grateful, especially people who are depressed. I’d appreciate your comments. Thanks!

I also like that it's 3 rather than "list 10". There's some research on this: when people try 3, it's rather easy to succeed. If they try 10, they might find it hard, and if they run out of "good" things to list before finishing, they may erroneously conclude they have it pretty bad.

Psychology is rather funny - good to study it empirically! I'm so thankful there are so many Ph.D. researchers who take it seriously and contribute to the general knowledge by writing books for the general public.

Re: Show HN: Three Things Daily – Make gratitude a daily habit

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Research shows that if you list at least three things you’re grateful for everyday, you will significantly improve your mental health. Does it really , or does this line just sound good? If you're going to make a claim like this, you should probably link to peer-reviewed research that backs this up.

As best as we know it does: https://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/giving-thanks-can-...

https://www.prevention.com/life/a20434535/how-being-selfish-...

Re: Show HN: Three Things Daily – Make gratitude a daily habit

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Seems like the site is an outlet for gratitude. So many people are practicing gratitude there! Don’t doomscroll through their gratitudes if that’s distracting for you, and if pen and paper works better for you then that’s amazing! Goal is to just be grateful :)

It’s just toxic positivity and bragging. Gratitude is useful for people with bad lives to find something small to cheer themselves up. It’s not for healthy people who love their jobs and their family to flex on the people who can’t think of anything better than overnight oats to be grateful for. This site is not useful for anyone who actually needs help and I hate it.

I don’t believe it is anyone’s intention to brag here. Being grateful and expressing that grattitude does not necessarily equate to showing off. In fact most of the users use pseudonyms so if they really wanted to brag they would’ve done so using Facebook or something. Just my 2 cents. Thanks for sharing!

Re: Show HN: Three Things Daily – Make gratitude a daily habit

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s just toxic positivity and bragging. Gratitude is useful for people with bad lives to find something small to cheer themselves up. It’s not for healthy people who love their jobs and their family to flex on the people who can’t think of anything better than overnight oats to be grateful for. This site is not useful for anyone who actually needs help and I hate it.

Just FYI that this post comes across quite aggressively. I assume it wasn’t your intention. Hope you have a good day.

Looking at the best in everybody. Nice. Thanks for sharing!

Re: Show HN: Three Things Daily – Make gratitude a daily habit

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Our family’s religious tradition incorporates this type of communication every evening. It is a delight as a parent to see how much joy it brings our children when they share with others what they are thankful for. It can be as simple as “blankets” and “blocks”, which I have witnessed and smiled about. It brings me comfort knowing that our kids will have specifically communicated their gratitude in this way about 500…

That’s a very good thing to teach your children. Thanks for sharing!

Re: Show HN: Three Things Daily – Make gratitude a daily habit

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Our family’s religious tradition incorporates this type of communication every evening. It is a delight as a parent to see how much joy it brings our children when they share with others what they are thankful for. It can be as simple as “blankets” and “blocks”, which I have witnessed and smiled about. It brings me comfort knowing that our kids will have specifically communicated their gratitude in this way about 500…

This. We pray and give thanks as a family multiple times per day. Not in an empty monotonous prayer but we all chime in things and people that we're thankful for. Simple and genuine.

Simple and genuine is the key. Thanks for sharing!

Re: Show HN: Three Things Daily – Make gratitude a daily habit

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My suggestion is that you gameify this. Add daily challenges, unlock achievements, and compete with others using the app in your area. Crush your friends at staying grateful and you get exclusive skins to download for the app. Really, engagement is the key.

I was thinking of that too. Thanks for sharing!

Re: Show HN: Three Things Daily – Make gratitude a daily habit

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I've been using The Five Minute Journal [1] (on paper) for a while (definitely not every day) and it has a gratitude component. I do enjoy how it helps prompt me to change my perspective :) [1] - https://www.intelligentchange.com/products/the-five-minute-j...

Can I ask how it prompts to change your perspective? I might want to implement that. It’s not clear to me based on the link you gave. Thanks for sharing!

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I like the idea of this, but frankly the necessity of a login is too big of a barrier for me.

Thinking about this more... the barrier is big for me because this type of social sharing i dont find value in. for those that do, i suspect that enabling them to share on platforms that are more popular could be useful. Or, is there value in aggregating things that people say to help those who are struggling to find a reason to be grateful. .. turn that into a weekly trend line. are people more grateful for their he…

That makes sense. Social sharing is enabled at the single post page level.

As for the trends idea, that sounds brilliant. Will consider it for the future. Thanks for sharing!

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