The Good Things Room
Three good things from today, and what made them possible.
Most of the rooms here help you sit with what's hard. This one trains the other muscle. Each evening, write down three things that went well today and what made them possible. Small counts. "The coffee was good and I made it myself" counts.
The research on this is unusually strong: in randomized trials, people who did this nightly for one week were happier and less depressed a month later — and were still happier at the three-month and six-month follow-ups. It has been replicated many times since. It doesn't make hard things go away. It teaches your attention that good things are also true.
Today's three
What went well today — and after each one, a few words on what made it possible. That second part matters: it's in the original research protocol, and it's where your own role becomes visible.
Some days the honest answer is small: "I got through it. Someone held the door. The light was nice for a minute." Those are not lesser entries. On the hard days, they're the whole practice.
The evidence so far
Every past entry, saved on this device. On a bad day, this is the record that good things are also true.
This room is free and always will be. The rest of the Inner Work rooms are here.
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