I am a big fan of gratitude practice. I try to write a little in a gratitude journal most nights, which has helped my overall state of mind since I started doing it. I would recommend anybody to try it, including people involved in EA. And I’m glad you suggested it, as a little gratitude during a crisis like this can be especially helpful.
I have some reservations about posting things I’m grateful for publicly on this forum though. Gratitude can be a bit vulnerable, and this forum has more eyes on it than usual lately. Posting to a community about why you’re thankful for that community could also be misinterpreted as being obsequious or virtue signalling. I think most of the benefits of gratitude practice can be enjoyed privately or with someone you trust, but if other people felt inclined to share their gratitude here, I would probably enjoy reading it and not be judgmental. And I may change my mind later and post some of that here as well :)
I would probably more excited about this thread if the forum had a feature to post comments anonymously. I don’t see any downside to an anonymous public gratitude thread, but I’m probably too lazy to create an anonymous account just for that purpose.
I am a big fan of gratitude practice. I try to write a little in a gratitude journal most nights, which has helped my overall state of mind since I started doing it. I would recommend anybody to try it, including people involved in EA. And I’m glad you suggested it, as a little gratitude during a crisis like this can be especially helpful.
I have some reservations about posting things I’m grateful for publicly on this forum though. Gratitude can be a bit vulnerable, and this forum has more eyes on it than usual lately. Posting to a community about why you’re thankful for that community could also be misinterpreted as being obsequious or virtue signalling. I think most of the benefits of gratitude practice can be enjoyed privately or with someone you trust, but if other people felt inclined to share their gratitude here, I would probably enjoy reading it and not be judgmental. And I may change my mind later and post some of that here as well :)
I would probably more excited about this thread if the forum had a feature to post comments anonymously. I don’t see any downside to an anonymous public gratitude thread, but I’m probably too lazy to create an anonymous account just for that purpose.