Welcome to November, the month of gratitude and thankfulness. This is a great month to start a gratitude practice. The whole country and Internet is with you. Of course, I would love to maintain a daily gratitude practice all year, but I figure one month of daily practice is better than none. Here are three different ways to document your gratitude.

30 Days of Thankful– a scrapbook project by Cathy Zielske.

I completed this last year, and on the spur of the moment, I ordered the new class for this year. She always includes the digital files for cards/title pages, journal cards, etc.

Cathy is kind enough to give you the PSDs so that you can make them whatever color your want. But if you don’t want to mess with photoshop in any way, she also provides a color-coordinated set of pdfs ready to just print.

I love this little album of mine from last year. Last year’s album set was for a 4×4 album, and I believe is still for sale at Designer Digitals.

This year, it is a 4×6 album. These sizes don’t overwhelm me.

30 Days of Gratitude- a social media experiment.

I did this 3 years ago on Facebook, and thanks to Timehop, I’m reliving it this year as well. I just wrote a post of something I’m thankful for each day. It is a remarkably easy practice, remembering to post every day was the biggest issue for me. If you’re looking for a no stress way to get a record, social media is a great way to go. I wasn’t on Instagram three years ago, I don’t think, but that would be an even better place to keep a visual record, if you like photos.

Daily Gratitude- line-a-day journal

If you’re someone who can maintain a daily journal writing practice, this is a great way to keep up with the gratitude project. Some 5-year line-a-day journals exist that would allow you to see what you were thankful for on that same day each year for five years. Kind of an analog Timehop.

However you decide to keep your gratitude practice, even if it’s just remembering to be thankful for something when you wake up or before you go to sleep, I think thankfulness is an important part of being content.