Write Your Way to Happiness: 5 Gratitude Journals That Will Help You See the Good in Life

“Life is really just a mirror for how you’re feeling on the inside.”

– Give Thanks: A Gratitude Journal

This is one of the best times of the year to start a daily gratitude practice, and all these beautiful journals will inspire you to begin your gratitude practice, and stay motivated to continue.

Each journal is a wonderful tool on the path of self-transformation, and are thoughtfully designed using scientific data and positive psychology to help you create a joyful and inspired life.

Rather than focusing on the negative, these journals use thoughtful prompts and uplifting exercises to help you nourish your soul and restore your faith in the goodness of the world.

So when it comes time to give yourself a little gratitude love today, here's five of my favorites:

1) 52 Lists for Happiness: Weekly Journaling Inspiration for Positivity, Balance, and Joy by Moorea Seal

Drawing on happiness research and her own personal philosophy, Moorea Seal creates an inspiring tool for list lovers everywhere to discover the keys to their own unique happiness and bring more joy and balance into their lives.

This beautiful, undated hardcover journal with 52 listing prompts encourages readers to reflect, acknowledge, and invest in themselves, and ultimately transform their lives by figuring out exactly what makes them happy. Start reading →

2) Start Where You Are: A Journal for Self-Exploration by Meera Lee Patel

Start Where You Are is an interactive journal designed to help readers nurture their creativity, mindfulness, and self-motivation. It helps readers navigate the confusion and chaos of daily life with a simple reminder: that by taking the time to know ourselves and what those dreams are, we can appreciate the world around us and achieve our dreams.

Meera Lee Patel's uplifting book presents supportive prompts and exercises along with inspirational quotes to encourage reflection through writing, drawing, chart-making, and more. Start reading →

3) The Happiness Project One-Sentence Journal by Gretchen Rubin

The Happiness Project One-Sentence Journal helps you to make a fascinating and revealing time capsule of the next five years of your life. Simply turn to today’s date, reflect on the quote at the top of the page, and jot down just one sentence (perhaps about something good that happened that day). This daily ritual is highly do-able and provides a striking sense of accomplishment, and as the years go by you can see how your entries evolve.. Start reading →

4) The 3 Minute Gratitude Journal for Kids: A Journal to Teach Children to Practice Gratitude and Mindfulness by Modern Kid Press

If you have children, this is a wonderful gratitude journal to give to them or share together as a family to practice gratitude. Each well designed and kid-friendly daily spread contains space to list out three things you are thankful for, a person who brought you joy and how you felt about your day. If you start each day by writing down three things you are thankful for - a family, a favorite teacher, starting a good book - you begin each day on the right note. Do it daily and make it a habit to focus on the blessings you have been given! Start reading →

5) Give Thanks: A Gratitude Journal by Josie Robinson

I created this companion journal to my book, The Gratitude Jar: A Simple Guide to Creating Miracles because so many of my readers asked for even more ways to practice gratitude. Filled with uplifting exercises for both the new and advanced student, this beautiful guided journal will light your way to find calm amidst the chaos of our modern world.. Start reading →