How (and why) to make gratitude a daily habit

I’ve historically not be big on journaling. Recently, however, I’ve been using an abbreviated daily journal format that’s short and structured vs blank pages staring back a at me. 
The format I use asks me to set priorities and specific time commitments at the beginning of the day, then helps me capture key lessons and observations at the end of the day.
But the most important part of my new journaling ritual is a twice-daily expression of gratitude.  I do it both at the beginning of the day and at the end of the day.
It’s simple and may sound redundant to those who haven’t done it, but I find that explicitly writing what I’m grateful for is incredibly powerful.
Late last year I started sharing some of my “ten lessons from ten years in business” here on the blog.  So far it’s included Putting Values First, Putting Yourself First, Two Types of Focus, Power of