60 Unexpected Things to Be Grateful For

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By now, it’s likely that you’re tired of hearing about how finding things to be grateful for is sooo transformative for your perspective, happiness, and sense of well-being.

We get it. Gratitude burnout is real.

That’s why, when we compiled this gratitude list, we asked our Instagram community, our editors, families, and friends not to think of what they “should” feel grateful for but instead, the things, moments, people, and sensations that feel magical in an everyday type of way.

60 Things to Be Grateful For Every Day

Here’s a list of things, big and small, that inspire us.

1. The moments immediately after waking up

2. The first sip of hot coffee

3. Crunching leaves underneath your feet

4. Getting up early and making pancakes

5. Your cannot-live-without moisturizer

6. Nose bumps (of the four-pawed sort)

7. Going to the movies

8. Yoga leggings that feel like they’re barely there

9. Rain and all that comes with it—lush greens, petrichor scent, and an excuse to be cozy inside

10. Long drives to places you’ve never been

11. Rainboots

12. Your body

13. Chiming church bells

14. The grin of your fave human

15. Sunrise alarm clocks

16. Very enthusiastic dogs

17. Wild Thing (Camatkarasana)

18. Tacos

19. Hearing “Last Christmas” by Wham! play in the grocery store during the holidays

20. The seasons changing

21. Quilts (the old-fashioned sort that your grandma stitched)

22. Diners with old-timey aesthetics

23. Coloring books

24. Getting a text from a friend you were just thinking about

25. Laughter (anywhere you can get it)

26. A long hug

27. Listening to FM radio in the car

28. The first meal after a hike

29. The scent of an old book

30. Your restorative yoga teacher—seriously, THANK YOU

31. Houseplants

32. Hearing a loved one say, “This reminded me of you!”

33. Gel pens

34. Healing after loss

35. The friends you can confess anything to—literally anything—and they won’t judge

36. The sound of a train whistle in the distance

37. The winds of change and your ability to feel them

38. When the sun comes out on an otherwise gray day

39. Putting on a good playlist, lying in bed, and closing your eyes so you can really listen

40. A good old-fashioned knock knock joke

41. Your chosen family

42. Having a good cry (and feeling lighter afterward)

43. The hush that takes place at dusk

44. Sparkling water

45. Snow days

46. The feeling you get after journaling

47. Your best friend from high school

48. Rewatching Gilmore Girls for the millionth time

49. Thinking tomorrow is Thursday, but it’s actually Friday

50. Counting down the days until…

51. Licking icing off a cupcake

52. Dried flowers

53. Freshly sharpened pencils

54. A nostalgia playlist on Spotify

55. Finding your way back to yoga

56. How much you’ve grown as a person

57. Completing your 200-hour yoga teacher training

58. Looking up at the moon and stars and letting yourself be reminded of it all

59. Drinking tea in bed

60. Savasana



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