Guess what, Gusties?
The Wellbeing Center and the Office of the Chaplains are pleased to have launched The Gratitude Project.
“Why?” you ask. Expressing gratitude–showing appreciation for what you have, and recognizing how you have been supported and affirmed by other people–yields many wellbeing-related benefits:
- More energy and alertness
- Increased joy, optimism, happiness
- Acting with more generosity, empathy, and compassion
- Greater resistance to stress
- Increased self-worth
- Stronger immune systems and lower blood pressure
- Feeling less lonely and isolated
- Longer and better quality of sleep
Join us in affirming goodness within the Gustavus community! Here’s how:
1) Each Thankful Thursday, you can write and deposit a Gratitude Gram from 11:00–3:00P in the following locations: Wellbeing Center, Chaplain’s Office, Chapel, CSL, Office of the Provost, Lund Desk, and Health Service…more locations coming soon!
2) To help kick off The Gratitude Project, we have launched a #30DaysofThanks Instagram Challenge. Fun, right? Wanna play along and win prizes? We thought so.
HOW IT WORKS:
1. Download. Download the Instagram app to your smartphone. If you don’t currently have an Instagram account, you’ll need to create one—it’s free!
2. Follow. Follow us @GAC_Wellbeing.
3. Instagram. Instagram your best photos in response to our daily prompts (see the themes below) through October 24. Just be sure to add the tag #30DaysofThanks and @GAC_Wellbeing to your photo captions so we can find them! Please note the following to ensure your submission(s) can be viewed:
– If your photo stream is public: you don’t need to do anything; we’ll be able to
see your tagged photos
– If your photo stream is private: Once you follow our page (@GAC_Wellbeing)
you’ll need to allow us to follow you back so we can see your photo
submissions.
That’s it! You’ll have from September 25, 2014 through October 24, 2015 to tag/submit your
photos. Once the contest period is over, we’ll post the 30 best submissions—chosen at our
discretion based on originality and creativity—to the Gustavus Wellbeing Facebook page. The
person whose photo receives the most “likes” on Facebook by Friday 31st will win a $50 Book
Mark gift care! We’ll also be awarding gift cards to the 2nd and 3rd place winners. Read on for
more details…
THE PRIZES:
The contest participant whose photo receives the most “likes” on Facebook at the end of the
“voting period” will win a $50 Book Mark gift care. The 2nd and 3rd place winners will each
receive a $25 Book Mark gift card. In the event of a tie for the top 3 photos, the Wellbeing
Center will select the 3 winners from the tied photos. Winners will be announced during the
week of November 3, 2014.
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- 30 Themes of Gratitude