Gratitude can do more than make you smile. Research conducted by psychologist Robert Emmons at the University of California at Davis, author of "Thanks! How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier," has found that it can also improve your health: raise energy levels, promote alertness and determination, improve sleep, and possibly relieve pain and fatigue. Emmons maintains that writing in a gratitude journal a few times a week can create lasting effects.

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Today was the arts and crafts fair that I for weeks I have been preparing for. The results were quite paultry and dissapointing. No longer stressed, now I am just plain tired.
On the bright side, I did spend a nice day with my mother-in-law. I bought her a pair of earrings and she bought me a pendant. Next week we are doing another show, so we are leaving the cars packed and set-up should go easier. We both hope this next show will be more profitable.
I think it might be time...

I am doing an arts and crafts show tomorrow and I am stressed out and overwhelmed about it. I don't know what prices to charge on my stuff, I don't know how I am going to attange my display, I still have a ton of last minute preparations to do and greeting cards to make. AAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH!
I am also worried that I'm not going to sell anything and my spirit will be crushed. I would appreciate if everyone would hold a good thought, say a prayer, or send me positive vibes!

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After a few hours sleep I have been up the rest of the night on the computer and finishing another painting. I feel quite accomplished in getting so much artwork done, but I also feel I have lost the balance in my life which may be contributing to my insomnia.

I have good intent: to keep the house clean, to provide a goo meal for my husband every day, to exercise, to lose weight, to be healthier, etc. but I think I am really undermining myself with worry.

I have two...

I wish I could report that I am losing weight like crazy but I may have gained back some of what I've lost. I will keep trying. I have had a migraine all week so I haven't exercised a lick. Still, my eating hasn't been bad.

Here in the Denver area it has been doing nothing but snowing since Tuesday night. That's also when I started my new painting, which is aptly titled Angel of Winter. It has been helpful to be painting because I feel my depression may be coming back and painting...