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English

I WANT TO THANK YOU

Gina Hamadey

A year of living gratefully.

I WANT TO THANK YOU chronicles Gina Hamadey's "Thank You Year" or, more specifically, the 12 months Gina spent writing 365 thank you notes. This is not an etiquette book about the importance of thanking your aunt for the crystal vase she gave you. (Though, you should thank her for that!). There is a difference between thanking a person for a gift, and thanking them for something they did or said. A standard thank you note is obligatory - a confirmation of receipt really. A heartfelt letter of gratitude is something else entirely. Rather than dedicating time to simply feeling grateful, Gina expressed her gratitude in the form of a thank you note and wrote to doctors, chefs, mentors, family members, authors and many more. Card by card, month by month, Gina experienced firsthand the meticulously reported benefits of gratitude. She'll also share what the experts - social scientists, neurologists, therapists - say as well as Jimmy Fallon, David Sedaris and other notable fans of thank you notes. Like a leveled-up gratitude journal, I WANT TO THANK YOU will show readers how developing an active gratitude practice can make you a happier person; heal complicated relationships with family members and friends; reconnect you to the people you love; and strengthen your marriage. Those small notes can produce a big effects!

Gina Hamadey has written for a range of publications, including O, The Oprah Magazine (where she launched her career), Food & Wine (where she was the travel editor), Rachael Ray Every Day (where she was a senior editor), Women's Health, Reader's Digest and Travel + Leisure.
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Published 2021-04-01 by Tarcher

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Gina appeared on the very popular morning TV show, The TODAY Show. Read more...

Thank you Gina Hamadey for writing this book. As a fan of both gratitude and year-long projects, I was hooked from the start. This book inspired me to write more and better notes to everyone from co-workers to college friends, and in doing so, helped me defy the gloomy and apocalyptic mindset that has overtaken so many of us. -- A.J. Jacobs, author of Thanks a Thousand and the New York Times bestsellers, The Know-It-All, The Year of Living Biblically and My Life as an Experiment