We recently posted an article about how to incorporate a regular practice of gratitude into your life. It includes some excellent tips, ideas, and exercises to start being more grateful.
However, most people like to know how they can benefit before they start a regular practice. That’s an understandable desire, of course. I would never start eating boring but healthy food on a daily basis without hearing about the fantastic benefits it could bring to my life!
In the interest of informing our readers about how they can benefit from practicing gratitude, and perhaps encouraging some of you who are on the fence, we put together findings from multiple studies and articles into one resource that you can use to decide whether practicing gratitude is a good decision for you.
Once you’ve seen all of these wonderful potential benefits, I think I know what your decision will be!
Benefits of Gratitude
This piece from Happier Human is a good starting place when exploring the benefits of gratitude (Amin, 2014).
The benefits are split into five groups:
Firstly, Emotional benefits
Secondly, social benefits
Thirdly, personality benefits
Fourthly, career benefits
Finally, health benefits
There are many benefits of gratitude, but these categories cover quite a few of them.
