Appreciation Practice
Regular activities focused on noticing, valuing, and acknowledging the good in life.
Also known as: Practicing appreciation, Value recognition, Noticing good
Category: Techniques
Tags: gratitude, appreciation, practices, well-being, mindfulness
Explanation
Appreciation practice encompasses regular activities focused on noticing, valuing, and acknowledging the good in life, relationships, and experiences. While overlapping with gratitude practice, appreciation emphasizes: recognizing value (seeing worth in things), savoring (extending positive experiences), and acknowledgment (marking what's good). Practice forms include: appreciation journaling, appreciation meditation, appreciation sharing with others, and momentary pausing to appreciate. The practice counters: hedonic adaptation (taking good things for granted), negativity bias (over-focus on problems), and speed (moving too fast to notice positives). Appreciation differs from gratitude in that gratitude often involves a benefactor (thankful to someone) while appreciation can be directed at anything (appreciating a sunset, a skill, a moment). Building appreciation practice involves: creating triggers for appreciation, pausing to savor positive moments, and actively looking for things to value. For knowledge workers, appreciation practice helps: maintain perspective amid challenges, recognize value in everyday work, and develop positive orientation that improves wellbeing and relationships.
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