Don’t get stuck in that kindness rut

…conventional wisdom suggests keeping a daily gratitude journal.  But one study revealed that those who had been assigned to do that ended up less happy than those who had to count their blessings only once a week.  Lyubomirsky therefore confirmed her hunch that timing is important.  So is variety, it turned out: a kindness intervention found that participants told to vary their good deeds ended up happier than those forced into a kindness rut.

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