A Year of Good Things: 365 micro-moments to bring you joy

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Hands up who bought a gratitude journal the start of the year? Keep your hand up if you haven't yet cracked the book open, or if you only managed to fill it in for a month? Many of us start the year with best intentions but fail to keep up good habits, then enter a shame spiral when, in fact, the whole point is to feel better about things, not worse! Writer Jason Ward realises this, and to help anyone out who is struggling to fill in their gratitude journal, or is just having a bad day, has come up with 365 'micro-joys' to look out for. Science has proven that tuning in to those daily awesome moments can raise your anabolic energy which, in a nutshell, makes you happier. Jason's suggestions include, 'The warmth of a mug of tea as you hold it in your hands', 'Peeling an orange in one go', and 'An email from a friend'. A Year of Good Things is a feel-good collection of small, splendid things that can be dipped into for quick inspiration, and will allow anyone to hone their skills so that they notice the positive in life on a daily basis. Let your obsession with being happy begin today!

Jason Ward is a writer and journalist based in Glasgow, Scotland. He has written about film for publications including theGuardian,Little White Lies andDazed, as well as the booksMovie Star Chronicles and1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. He is also the author of books includingShould You Buy This Book? andEdgar Allan Poe's Puzzles From Beyond the Grave andChilling Cocktails (published by OH Editions in 2021). As a child, he once stayed up late to watchNight of the Living Dead on TV and has never gotten over it.