Daily Fit Tip: Keep a gratitude journal

All too often, we get caught up in the frantic pace of life and forget to sit back, relax and think about what we're grateful for. I'm one of the worst for this -- my entire day is filled with business and I'm afraid that if I actually sit down to think about my life, I'll miss something or be have trouble catching up later. Keeping a journal seems out of the question.

But when I saw this gratitude journal on Prevention, I was inspired. If keeping a journal is to difficult, how about a gratitude journal? Here's what you do -- when you can, write down something -- anything -- that you're thankful for that day. It can be a life-altering revelation, or it can be something as simple as being thankful that your spouse took the garbage out.

And I'm willing to bet that if you were feeling down one day, browsing through your own gratitude journal or this one would be a definite pick-me-up.