It's that time of year again to be thankful.

So, when was the last time you took a moment to acknowledge something you’re thankful for?

There’s no wrong answer and this isn’t to guilt trip you.

It’s just that I find the world can be very Problem Focused.

The tendency to look for problems and to always feel discontent is deeply ingrained in most of us.

It is great to know when you don’t like something in order to make a different choice and to strive for more.

But, taking a few minutes each day to think about or write out just 5 things you appreciate about your life at this moment will help you actualize your desires even faster!

To be clear, you are NOT forcing yourself to be happy and grateful for things you don’t like.

That is like an old way of guilt tripping ourselves to settle for less than we truly want.

Nope, not doing that crap!

Instead, take a moment and drop all your defenses and really see how many amazing things you have...

How many times have you caught yourself ruminating over past mistakes?

Beating yourself up over big and little things that didn’t go the way you wanted them to…that feels fantastic, huh?!

Firstly, what if there are no mistakes, just choices you made, nothing right or wrong about them. And secondly, you are free to choose something different at any given moment.

But, most people decide to stay stuck, rather than taking their attention off of perceived failures and creating something new.

In this world, we are addicted to fixing things.

Judging the crap out of everyone and everything, keeping ourselves in little boxes trying to be all things to all people. Jumping through hoops to be right about something, anything!

One big thing keeping you stuck is looking at anyone or anything as needing to be fixed.

If you think something needs to be fixed you’re already judging it as broken and something being wrong with it.

Another thing you may be doing is getting...