By 7. Make a gratitude list.
Things getting you down? Feel like everything is going against you? From the small things, like losing your pen, to the bigger things, like having a patient code on you, there are days when nothing seems to be going your way. It’s days like this when it may be most important to make a gratitude list.
Does it sound corny to you? It may, but it’s surprising how much a gratitude list can help lift spirits and reduce stress. The gratitude doesn’t have to be for anything big (although it certainly can be!). You could be grateful that there was little traffic on the way to work, that the shift before left you some cookies that someone brought in or that a patient who went sour yesterday is doing better today.
