Fight Depression and Burnout in 2 Minutes a Day: 3 Good Things Activity

Your brain is so much better at focusing on survival than it is on focusing on being happy, and it's because of this fact that your brain is constantly scanning for threats. It's trying to pick out, or notice anything bad, dangerous, or negative, instead of looking for the positive, or dwelling on the good things that happen in your life. Your brain's default setting

is to keep you alive, by really paying attention to anything really threatening or dangerous. This focus on survival was imperative to our ancestors, but in today's world, if left unchecked, it can lead to stress, burnout, and depression, but I have good news, there's a simple way to combat this challenge of focusing on the negative, and to turn up the volume of the

positive things in your life. So, stick around, because in this video I'll teach you how to fight burnout, and feel happier. It takes just two minutes a day, and thanks to our sponsor, Take Two Minutes, it's easier than ever to get it done. Okay, so like I said before, our brain is hardwired hardwired for survival. Which means it's hardwired to notice threats, and to notice the negative. The negative grabs our

attention, while the positive waits for us to notice. When we just run along in "default mode", this can make us feel depressed, and exhausted. So here's the super simple way to rewire your brain, it's called: The 3 Good Things Exercise. For two weeks, before you go to bed, ask yourself 'What are three good things that went well today, and what was my role in making them

happen?', and then just be sure to write them down. So, for example, yesterday, I had a fairly difficult day, it's winter here, it's cold, and dreary, it's really difficult to get outside with the kids, and with covid, we can't take them to play places, or to see very many friends. So basically, it was another entire day, couped up in the house, with three super energetic