Welcome to your first Well-being Challenge!
Each quarter, you’ll have the opportunity to take on a new challenge. Just one simple action that can make a big improvement in your emotional, financial or physical well-being.
Whether or not you’ve taken the Costco well-being pledge, you can still benefit by participating in these challenges. You might start a healthy new habit (or get rid of a bad one). Learn something that inspires you to make positive changes. Or you might discover a Costco benefit that can make a real difference in your well-being.
Here’s this quarter’s well-being challenge:
Research has shown that gratitude is associated with greater happiness. It helps people feel more positive emotions, have good experiences, improve their health, deal with challenges and build strong relationships.*
And it’s so easy to do. Make it the first thing you do in the morning, or the last thing you do at night. Take 5 minutes to focus on your gratitude list. You can write it down or not. Your list can include big things, like your health, family and friends, or everyday pleasures, like a beautiful sunset, a delicious meal or an afternoon of gardening.
Not only can this new habit change your perspective, it can reduce your stress, which can greatly affect your physical well-being, and make you more resilient.
And, best of luck with your challenge.
*Harvard Health Publishing. Giving thanks can make you happier