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When good things are happening to you, are you taking time to appreciate them and feel them?

Last Thursday a friend texted me how are you doing?

That past week - I had a great week. I went to Miami, saw my best friends, saw a friend I haven’t seen in 2 years. Monday - saw another friend from my grad school who I’ve never met in person because last year was virtual. Tuesday - hung out with a best friend and played Madden and caught up with another best friend on the phone. Throughout this time, I had a midterm due on Wednesday so that was stressful. And work was busy.

But overall, I had a very good week overall.

Yet when a friend texted me on Thursday to ask how I was doing, I said I’m good like we all say but I also included a lot of the negative or the things I wanted better in my life.

On Friday, I thought why is that? Why didn’t I look at the good? Why didn’t I respond with I’m blessed because I saw so many friends, which is the truth.

Certainly part of it was my mood and being tired and I should’ve gotten more sleep the night before. But the other part is because our brains are programmed to want more and never feel satisfied.

It reminded me, consciously you have to refocus and reprogram your brain against always wanting more and instead remind yourself to remembering your blessings and to remember to be satisfied.

When good things are happening to you, acknowledge them.

.Write them down. Reflect on them. Make sure you are processing and remembering all the good.

So that when good things happen to you, you’re feeling it in your soul.