The Gratitude Diaries
by Janice Kaplan
A journalist spends a year practicing gratitude in marriage, work, money and health, interviewing researchers along the way. It is a readable, personal tour of the evidence, with the practices embedded in the story. Light but honest about what changed and what did not.
Read it if…
you want to understand gratitude research through a relatable year-long experiment.
Skip it if…
you want a workbook; it is memoir with science.
Three things you will actually use
- Specific thanks beats general thanks.
- Gratitude changes the thanker more than the thanked.
- Practice during ordinary weeks, not only crises.
Do this first
Thank your partner or a colleague for something specific today, out loud.
Our verdict
Warm and readable; a good case for the practice.
Compare with other Gratitude books
The Book of Joy
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Warm, wise and genuinely joyful.
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